And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,
When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:
And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,
And they came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father, and told him all that had befallen them, 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)