Genesis 4
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Genesis 4:8-16

8CainH7014 1talkedH559 to his brotherH251 AbelH1893; and it happenedH1961 that when they were in the fieldH7704 CainH7014 roseH6965 upH6965 againstH413 his brotherH251 AbelH1893 and 2killedH2026 him.

9Then the LordH3068 saidH559 to CainH7014, “3WhereH335 is AbelH1893 your brotherH251?” And he saidH559, “I do not knowH3045. Am I my brother’sH251 keeperH8104?” 10Then He saidH559, “WhatH4100 have you doneH6213? 4The voiceH6963 of your brother’sH251 bloodH1818 is cryingH6817 outH6817 to Me from the groundH127. 11NowH6258 5you are cursedH779 from the groundH127, whichH834 has openedH6475 its mouthH6310 to receiveH3947 your brother’sH251 bloodH1818 from your handH3027. 126WhenH3588 you cultivateH5647 the groundH127, it will noH3808 longerH3254 yieldH5414 its strengthH3581 to you; 7you will be a wandererH5128 and a drifterH5110 on the earthH776.” 13CainH7014 saidH559 to the LordH3068, “My punishmentH5771 is tooH4480 greatH1419 to endureH5375! 14BeholdH2005, You have 8drivenH1644 me this dayH3117 from the faceH6440 of the groundH127; and I will be hiddenH5641 from Your faceH6440, and 9I will be a wandererH5128 and a drifterH5110 on the earthH776, and 10whoeverH3605 findsH4672 me will killH2026 me.” 15So the LordH3068 saidH559 to him, “ThereforeH3651 whoeverH3605 killsH2026 CainH7014, vengeanceH5358 will be takenH5358 on him 11sevenH7659 timesH7659 as much.” And the LordH3068 1213placedH7760 a markH226 on CainH7014, so that noH3605 oneH3605 findingH4672 him would killH5221 him.

16Then CainH7014 leftH3318 the presenceH6440 14of the LordH3068, and 15settledH3427 in the landH776 of 16NodH5113, eastH6926 of EdenH5731.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 4:8 Lit said to ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 4:8 Matt 23:35; Luke 11:51; 1 John 3:12-15; Jude 11 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 4:9 Gen 3:9 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 4:10 Num 35:33; Deut 21:1-9; Heb 12:24; Rev 6:9, 10 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 4:11 Gen 3:14; Deut 28:15-20; Gal 3:10 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 4:12 Deut 28:15-24; Joel 1:10-20 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 4:12 Lev 26:17, 36 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 4:14 Gen 3:24; Jer 52:3 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 4:14 Deut 28:64-67 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 4:14 Num 35:19 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 4:15 Gen 4:24 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 4:15 Or set a sign for ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 4:15 Ezek 9:4, 6 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 4:16 2 Kin 24:20; Jer 23:39; 52:3 ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 4:16 Lit dwelt ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 4:16 I.e., wandering ↩

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