Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.
WEB
So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
YLT
and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp.
DBT
And the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
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)