And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
WEB
Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
YLT
And God saith unto Abraham, `Sarai thy wife--thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah is her name;
DBT
AndGod said to Abraham, [As to] Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
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)