And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
and now, cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;
And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
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)