And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
WEB
returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
YLT
and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, `The lad is not, and I--whither am I going?'
DBT
and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)