Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
WEB
“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
YLT
And Jacob saith to them, `My brethren, from whence are ye?' and they say, `We are from Haran.'
DBT
And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
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)