And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsDBT
And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].
ASV
And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock.
WEB
“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
YLT
and he saith, `My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?'
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)