And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
WEB
Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’
YLT
`And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him;
DBT
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set mine eye on him.
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)