Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
WEB
and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
YLT
And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear!
DBT
And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fearGod.
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)