Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
WEB
But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
YLT
And Cain saith unto Jehovah, `Greater is my punishment than to be borne;
DBT
And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is too great to be borne.
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)