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Genesis 4:12-14

12Whenכִּ֤יkiH3588thou tillestתַֽעֲבֹד֙ta.'a.VodH5647the groundהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127,it shall not henceforthתֹסֵ֥ףto.SefH3254yieldתֵּת־tet-H5414unto thee her strengthכֹּחָ֖הּko.ChahH3581;a fugitiveנָ֥עna'H5128and a vagabondוָנָ֖דva.NadH5110shalt thou be in the earthבָאָֽרֶץ׃va.'A.retzH776.

13And Cainקַ֖יִןKa.yinH7014saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,My punishmentעֲוֹנִ֖י'a.vo.NiH5771isgreaterגָּד֥וֹלga.DolH1419than I can bearמִנְּשֹֽׂא׃mi.ne.So'H5375.

14Behold, thou hast driven me outגֵּרַ֨שְׁתָּge.Rash.taH1644this dayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117from the faceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440of the earthהָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127;and fromמֵעַל֙me.'AlH5921thy faceוּמִפָּנֶ֖יךָu.mi.pa.Nei.khaH6440shall I be hidאֶסָּתֵ֑ר'e.sa.TerH5641;and I shall be a fugitiveנָ֤עna'H5128and a vagabondוָנָד֙va.NadH5110in the earthבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776;and it shall come to passH1961, thatevery one that findeth meמֹצְאִ֖יmo.tze.'IH4672shall slay meיַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי׃Ya.har.Ge.niH2026.

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