Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
WEB
He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
YLT
and he taketh them, and causeth them to pass over the brook, and he causeth that which he hath to pass over.
DBT
and he took them and led them over the river, and led over what he had.
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)