And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
WEB
And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
YLT
and God speaketh to Israel in visions of the night, and saith, `Jacob, Jacob;' and he saith, `Here am I.'
DBT
AndGod spoke to Israel in the visions of the night and said, Jacob, Jacob! And he said, Here am I.
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)