Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.
WEB
Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.
YLT
And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake;
DBT
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
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)