Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
WEB
to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
YLT
to Abraham by purchase, before the eyes of the sons of Heth, among all entering the gate of his city.
DBT
were assured to Abraham for a possession before the eyes of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
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)