And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
WEB
But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
YLT
And he himself passed over before them, and boweth himself to the earth seven times, until his drawing nigh unto his brother,
DBT
And he passed on before them, and bowed to the earth seven times, until he came near to his brother.
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)