Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
WEB
Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”
YLT
And Isaac his father saith to him, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son;'
DBT
And his father Isaac said to him, Come near, now, and kiss me, my son.
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)