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Genesis 4:8-10

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.

9And the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toאֶל־'el-H413Cainקַ֔יִןKa.yinH7014, “Whereאֵ֖י'eiH335isyour brotherאָחִ֑יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251Abelהֶ֣בֶלHe.velH1893?” “I do notלֹ֣אlo'H3808knowיָדַ֔עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045!”he answeredוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559. “Am Iאָנֹֽכִי׃'a.No.khiH595my brother’sאָחִ֖י'a.ChiH251keeperהֲשֹׁמֵ֥רha.sho.MerH8104?”

10“Whatמֶ֣הmehH4100have you doneעָשִׂ֑יתָ'a.Si.taH6213?”repliedוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559the LORD. “The voiceק֚וֹלKolH6963of your brother’sאָחִ֔יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251bloodדְּמֵ֣יde.MeiH1818cries outצֹעֲקִ֥יםtzo.'a.KimH6817to Meאֵלַ֖י'e.LaiH413fromמִן־min-H4480the groundהָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃Ha.'a.da.MahH127.

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