And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
WEB
So Jacob went to his father and said, “My father.” “Here I am!” he answered. “Which one are you, my son?”
YLT
And he cometh in unto his father, and saith, `My father;' and he saith, `Here am I; who art thou, my son?'
DBT
And he came to his father, and said, My father! And he said, Here am I: who art thou, my 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)