Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
WEB
But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”
YLT
As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he is thy seed.'
DBT
But also the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
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)