And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
WEB
Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
YLT
`And it cometh to pass, that we have come up unto thy servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord;
DBT
And it came to pass when we came up to thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
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)