Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
WEB
Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
YLT
and Jacob calleth the name of the place where God spake with him Bethel.
DBT
And Jacob called the name of the place whereGod had talked with him, Beth-el.
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)