Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.
WEB
“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!
YLT
and saith, `Do not, I pray you, my brethren, do evil;
DBT
and said, I pray you, my brethren, do not wickedly!
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)