And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.
WEB
Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”
YLT
and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his death.
DBT
And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may eat, in order that he may bless thee before his death.
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)