And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
WEB
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
YLT
And Jehovah saith, `The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah--because great; and their sin--because exceeding grievous:
DBT
And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grievous,
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)