And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
WEB
And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
YLT
and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself--unto His heart.
DBT
And Jehovah repented that he had made Man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
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)