Revised Version 1895

Genesis 4:11-17

11Andnowוְעַתָּ֖הve.'a.TahH6258cursedאָר֣וּר'a.RurH779art thou from thegroundהָֽאֲדָמָה֙ha.'a.da.MahH127,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834hathopenedפָּצְתָ֣הpa.tze.TahH6475herH3947mouthפִּ֔יהָPi.haH6310toreceiveלָקַ֛חַתla.Ka.chatH3947thybrother’sאָחִ֖יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251bloodדְּמֵ֥יde.MeiH1818from thyhandמִיָּדֶֽךָ׃mi.ya.De.khaH3027;

12when thou tillest thegroundH776, it shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808henceforthyieldH5414unto theeherH5414strengthכֹּחָ֖הּko.ChahH3581; a fugitive and awandererוָנָ֖דva.NadH5110shalt thou be in theearthבָאָֽרֶץ׃va.'A.retzH776.

13AndCainקַ֖יִןKa.yinH7014saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, Mypunishmentעֲוֹנִ֖י'a.vo.NiH5771isgreaterגָּד֥וֹלga.DolH1419thanH1419I canbearמִנְּשֹֽׂא׃mi.ne.So'H5375.

14Beholdהֵן֩henH2005, thou hastdrivenH1644meH6440outH1644thisdayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117from thefaceH6440of thegroundH776; and from thyfaceH6440shall I behidאֶסָּתֵ֑ר'e.sa.TerH5641; and I shall be a fugitive and awandererוָנָד֙va.NadH5110in theearthבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776; and it shallcomeוְהָיִ֜יתִיve.ha.Yi.tiH1961topassוְהָיָ֥הve.ha.YahH1961, that whosoever findethmeH6440shallslayיַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי׃Ya.har.Ge.niH2026meH6440.

15And theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him, Therefore whosoever slayethCainקַ֔יִןKa.yinH7014,vengeanceH5358shall betakenH5358on himsevenfoldשִׁבְעָתַ֖יִםshiv.'a.Ta.yimH7659. And theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068appointedוַיָּ֨שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760asignא֔וֹת'otH226forCainלְקַ֙יִן֙le.Ka.yinH7014, lestanyH3605findingמֹצְאֽוֹ׃mo.tze.'OH4672him shouldsmiteהַכּוֹת־ha.kot-H5221him.

16AndCainקַ֖יִןKa.yinH7014wentH3318outH3318from thepresenceמִלִּפְנֵ֣יmi.lif.NeiH6440of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, anddweltוַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427in thelandבְּאֶֽרֶץ־be.'e.retz-H776ofNodנ֖וֹדNodH5113, on theeastקִדְמַת־kid.mat-H6926ofEdenעֵֽדֶן׃'E.denH5731.

17AndCainקַ֙יִן֙ka.yinH7014knewוַיֵּ֤דַעvai.Ye.da'H3045hiswifeאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ'ish.ToH802; andsheH7121conceivedוַתַּ֖הַרva.Ta.harH2029, and bareEnochחֲנ֑וֹךְcha.NokhH2585: and he builded acityעִ֔יר'IrH5892, andcalledוַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'H7121thenameשֵׁ֣םshemH8034of thecityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892,afterוַֽיְהִי֙vay.HiH1961thenameכְּשֵׁ֖םke.ShemH8034of hissonבְּנ֥וֹbe.NoH1121,Enochחֲנֽוֹךְ׃cha.NokhH2585.

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