Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
WEB
Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
YLT
and Abraham putteth forth his hand, and taketh the knife--to slaughter his son.
DBT
And Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slaughter 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)