For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsfor indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”
for I was really stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they have put me in the pit.'
for indeed I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
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)