And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
WEB
Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.
YLT
And Joseph bringeth them out from between his knees, and boweth himself on his face to the earth;
DBT
And Joseph brought them out from his knees, and bowed down with his face 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)