And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father.
WEB
So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
YLT
And they go up out of Egypt, and come in to the land of Canaan, unto Jacob their father,
DBT
And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob their father.
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)