And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
WEB
and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
YLT
and he sendeth forth the raven, and it goeth out, going out and turning back till the drying of the waters from off the earth.
DBT
And he sent out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from the earth.
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)