But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
WEB
but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
YLT
but unto my land and unto my kindred dost thou go, and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.'
DBT
but thou shalt go to my land and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
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)