And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
WEB
When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
YLT
And it is declared to Tamar, saying, `Lo, thy husband's father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock;'
DBT
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
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)