For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
and he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household: and the Philistines envied him.
WEB
He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
YLT
and he hath possession of a flock, and possession of a herd, and an abundant service; and the Philistines envy him,
DBT
And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.
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)