Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
WEB
So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
YLT
and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran,
DBT
And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and arise, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran;
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)