And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
WEB
Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”
YLT
and he washeth his face, and goeth out, and refraineth himself, and saith, `Place bread.'
DBT
And he washed his face, and came out, and controlled himself, and said, Set on bread.
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)