And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
And Joseph cometh into the house, and they bring to him the present which is in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;
When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift that was in their hand, into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
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)