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Genesis 4:5-8

5but untoCainקַ֥יִןKa.yinH7014and to his offering he hadnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808respectH6440. AndCainלְקַ֙יִן֙le.Ka.yinH7014wasveryמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966wroth, and hiscountenanceH6440fellוַֽיִּפְּל֖וּvai.yi.pe.LuH5307.

6And theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoCainקָ֑יִןKa.yinH7014,Whyלָ֚מָּהLa.mahH4100art thou wroth? andwhyוְלָ֖מָּהve.La.mahH4100is thycountenanceפָנֶֽיךָ׃fa.Nei.khaH6440fallenנָפְל֥וּna.fe.LuH5307?

7Ifאִם־'im-H518thou doestwellתֵּיטִיב֙tei.TivH3190, shalt thounotהֲל֤וֹאha.Lo'H3808be accepted? andifוְאִם֙ve.'ImH518thou doestnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808wellתֵיטִ֔יבtei.TivH3190,sinחַטָּ֣אתcha.TatH2403coucheth at thedoorלַפֶּ֖תַחla.Pe.tachH6607: and unto thee shall be hisdesireתְּשׁ֣וּקָת֔וֹte.Shu.ka.ToH8669, and thou shaltruleתִּמְשָׁל־tim.shol-H4910over him.

8AndCainקַ֖יִןKa.yinH7014toldוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Abelהֶ֣בֶלHe.velH1893hisbrotherאָחִ֑יו'a.ChivH251. And itcameוַֽיְהִי֙vay.HiH1961topassבִּהְיוֹתָ֣םbih.yo.TamH1961, when they were in thefieldH7704, thatCainקַ֛יִןKa.yinH7014roseH6965upH6965againstH413Abelהֶ֥בֶלHe.velH1893hisbrotherאָחִ֖יו'a.ChivH251, andslewוַיַּהַרְגֵֽהוּ׃vai.ya.har.Ge.huH2026him.

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