Genesis 4
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Genesis 4:6-10

6“WhyH4100 are you angryH2734,” saidH559 the LORDH3068 toH413 CainH7014, “and whyH4100 has your countenanceH6440 fallenH5307? 7IfH518 you do what is rightH3190, willH3808 you notH3808 be acceptedH7613? But ifH518 you refuse to do what is rightH3190, sinH2403 is crouchingH7257 at your doorH6607; it desiresH8669 youH413,1 but youH859 must masterH4910 it.”

8Then CainH7014 saidH559 toH413 his brotherH251 AbelH1893, “Let us go out to the field.”2 AndH1961 while they wereH1961 in the fieldH7704, CainH7014 rose upH6965 againstH413 his brotherH251 AbelH1893 and killed himH2026.

9And the LORDH3068 saidH559 toH413 CainH7014, “WhereH335 is your brotherH251 AbelH1893?”

“I do notH3808 knowH3045!” he answeredH559. “Am IH595 my brother’sH251 keeperH8104?”

10“WhatH4100 have you doneH6213?” repliedH559 the LORD. “The voiceH6963 of your brother’sH251 bloodH1818 cries outH6817 to MeH413 fromH4480 the groundH127.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 4:7 Or it desires to control you ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 4:8 SP, LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; Hebrew Then Cain spoke to his brother Abel. ↩

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