Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
DBT
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is good in thine eyes.
WEB
And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”
YLT
and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land is before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;'
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)