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Genesis 4:5-8

5butוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413He had noלֹ֣אlo'H3808regardשָׁעָ֑הsha.'AhH8159forוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413Cainקַ֥יִןKa.yinH7014and his offeringמִנְחָת֖וֹmin.cha.ToH4503.So Cainלְקַ֙יִן֙le.Ka.yinH7014became veryמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966angryוַיִּ֤חַרvai.Yi.charH2734,and his countenanceפָּנָֽיו׃pa.NavH6440fellוַֽיִּפְּל֖וּvai.yi.pe.LuH5307.

6“Whyלָ֚מָּהLa.mahH4100are you angryחָ֣רָהCha.rahH2734,”saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068toאֶל־'el-H413Cainקָ֑יִןKa.yinH7014, “and whyוְלָ֖מָּהve.La.mahH4100has your countenanceפָנֶֽיךָ׃fa.Nei.khaH6440fallenנָפְל֥וּna.fe.LuH5307?

7Ifאִם־'im-H518you do what is rightתֵּיטִיב֙tei.TivH3190,willהֲל֤וֹאha.Lo'H3808you notלֹ֣אlo'H3808be acceptedשְׂאֵ֔תse.'EtH7613?But ifוְאִם֙ve.'ImH518you refuse to do what is rightתֵיטִ֔יבtei.TivH3190,sinחַטָּ֣אתcha.TatH2403is crouchingרֹבֵ֑ץro.VetzH7257at your doorלַפֶּ֖תַחla.Pe.tachH6607;it desiresתְּשׁ֣וּקָת֔וֹte.Shu.ka.ToH8669youוְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ve.'e.Lei.khaH413,but youוְאַתָּ֖הve.'a.TahH859must masterתִּמְשָׁל־tim.shol-H4910it.”

8Then Cainקַ֖יִןKa.yinH7014saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toאֶל־'el-H413his brotherאָחִ֑יו'a.ChivH251Abelהֶ֣בֶלHe.velH1893, “Let us go out to the field.”Andוַֽיְהִי֙vay.HiH1961while they wereבִּהְיוֹתָ֣םbih.yo.TamH1961in the fieldH7704,Cainקַ֛יִןKa.yinH7014rose upוַיָּ֥קָםvai.Ya.komH6965againstאֶל־'el-H413his brotherאָחִ֖יו'a.ChivH251Abelהֶ֥בֶלHe.velH1893and killed himוַיַּהַרְגֵֽהוּ׃vai.ya.har.Ge.huH2026.

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