And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Jehovah:
Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
And Abraham riseth early in the morning, unto the place where he hath stood before the face of Jehovah;
And Abraham rose early in the morning [and went] to the place where he had stood before Jehovah;
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)