And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWEB
He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
ASV
and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.
YLT
and saith, `If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it--then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.'
DBT
And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.
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)