Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,
And the seven years of plenty that were in the land of Egypt were ended;
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)