And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
WEB
So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
YLT
And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;
DBT
And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, toward the east of Eden.
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)