And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
WEB
Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
YLT
And Jehovah saith unto Jacob, `Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.'
DBT
And Jehovah said to Jacob, Return into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with 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)