Genesis 4
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Genesis 4:13-15

13Cainקַ֖יִןKa.yinH7014saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, “My punishmentעֲוֹנִ֖י'a.vo.NiH5771is tooH4480greatגָּד֥וֹלga.DolH1419to bearמִנְּשֹֽׂא׃mi.ne.So'H5375!
14Beholdהֵן֩henH2005, You havedrivenגֵּרַ֨שְׁתָּge.Rash.taH1644me this dayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117from the faceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440of the groundהָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127;and from Your faceוּמִפָּנֶ֖יךָu.mi.pa.Nei.khaH6440I will be hiddenאֶסָּתֵ֑ר'e.sa.TerH5641, andI will be a vagrantנָ֤עna'H5128and a wandererוָנָד֙va.NadH5110on the earthבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776, andwhoeverכָל־khol-H3605findsמֹצְאִ֖יmo.tze.'IH4672me will killיַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי׃Ya.har.Ge.niH2026me.”
15So the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, “Thereforeלָכֵן֙la.KhenH3651whoeverH3605killsהֹרֵ֣גho.RegH2026Cainקַ֔יִןKa.yinH7014,vengeanceH5358will be takenH5358on himsevenfoldשִׁבְעָתַ֖יִםshiv.'a.Ta.yimH7659.”And the Lordיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068appointedוַיָּ֨שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760a signא֔וֹת'otH226for Cainלְקַ֙יִן֙le.Ka.yinH7014,so that noH3605oneH3605findingמֹצְאֽוֹ׃mo.tze.'OH4672him would slayהַכּוֹת־ha.kot-H5221him.
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