But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBut she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)
and she hath caused them to go up on the roof, and hideth them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof.
But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJoshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.
- Author
- Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
- Date
- Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period