Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsNow therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
`And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee:
And now, my son, hearken to my voice in that which I command thee.
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)