Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
WEB
Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof
YLT
And--before they lie down--she hath gone up unto them on the roof,
DBT
And before they had lain down, she went up to them upon 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