Revised Version 1895

Genesis 4:9-14

9And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoCainקַ֔יִןKa.yinH7014,Whereאֵ֖י'eiH335isAbelהֶ֣בֶלHe.velH1893thybrotherאָחִ֑יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251? And hesaidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559, Iknowיָדַ֔עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045notלֹ֣אlo'H3808: am I mybrother’sאָחִ֖י'a.ChiH251keeperהֲשֹׁמֵ֥רha.sho.MerH8104?

10And hesaidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Whatמֶ֣הmehH4100hast thoudoneעָשִׂ֑יתָ'a.Si.taH6213? thevoiceק֚וֹלKolH6963of thybrother’sאָחִ֔יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251bloodדְּמֵ֣יde.MeiH1818crieth untomeאֵלַ֖י'e.LaiH413from thegroundהָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃Ha.'a.da.MahH127.

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.

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