Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
WEB
Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,
YLT
`Lo, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt,
DBT
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout the land of Egypt.
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)