Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsOut of Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties.
Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.
Out of Asher his bread is fat; And he giveth dainties of a king.
Out of Asher, his bread shall be fat, And he will give royal dainties.
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)