Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWEB
“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”
ASV
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
YLT
And Laban saith, `Lo, O that it were according to thy word;'
DBT
And Laban said, Well, let it be according to thy word.
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)