Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.
WEB
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
YLT
and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.
DBT
And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.
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)