Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
WEB
During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
YLT
and the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.
DBT
And in the seven years of plenty the land brought forth by handfuls.
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)