And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd there was set food before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”
and setteth before him to eat; but he saith, `I do not eat till I have spoken my word;' and he saith, `Speak.'
And there was set [meat] before him to eat; but he said, I will not eat until I have made known my business. And he said, Speak on.
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)