And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.
And he goeth, and taketh, and bringeth to his mother, and his mother maketh tasteful things, such as his father hath loved;
And he went, and fetched and brought [them] to his mother. And his mother prepared a savoury dish such as his father loved.
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)