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Genesis 4:9-14

9AndJehovahsaidH559untoCainקַ֔יִןKa.yinH7014,Whereאֵ֖י'eiH335isAbelהֶ֣בֶלHe.velH1893thybrotherאָחִ֑יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251?AndhesaidH559,Iknowיָדַ֔עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045not:amImybrother’sאָחִ֖י'a.ChiH251keeperהֲשֹׁמֵ֥רha.sho.MerH8104?

10AndhesaidH559,Whathast thoudone?thevoiceק֚וֹלKolH6963ofthybrother’sאָחִ֔יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251bloodדְּמֵ֣יde.MeiH1818crieth untomefromthegroundהָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃Ha.'a.da.MahH127.

11Andnowוְעַתָּ֖הve.'a.TahH6258cursedH779art thoufromthegroundהָֽאֲדָמָה֙ha.'a.da.MahH127,whichhathopenedפָּצְתָ֣הpa.tze.TahH6475itsmouthפִּ֔יהָPi.haH6310toreceiveלָקַ֛חַתla.Ka.chatH3947thybrother’sאָחִ֖יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251bloodדְּמֵ֥יde.MeiH1818fromthyhandמִיָּדֶֽךָ׃mi.ya.De.khaH3027;

12whenthou tillestthegroundH776,itshallnothenceforthyieldunto theeitsstrengthH3581;afugitiveandawanderershalt thoubeתִּֽהְיֶ֥הtih.YehH1961intheearthבָאָֽרֶץ׃va.'A.retzH776.

13AndCainקַ֖יִןKa.yinH7014saidH559untoJehovah,Mypunishmentעֲוֹנִ֖י'a.vo.NiH5771isgreaterגָּד֥וֹלga.DolH1419thanIcanbearמִנְּשֹֽׂא׃mi.ne.So'H5375.

14Behold, thou hastdrivenH1644meoutthisdayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117fromthefaceH6440ofthegroundH776;andfromthyfaceH6440shallIbeוְהָיִ֜יתִיve.ha.Yi.tiH1961hidH5641;andIshallbeוְהָיָ֥הve.ha.YahH1961afugitiveandawandererintheearthבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776;anditwillcometopass,thatwhosoever findethmewillslayH2026me.

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