Genesis 4:1
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Gen 4:1
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Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, "I have gotten a manchild with {the help of} the LORD."
Gen 4:2
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Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Gen 4:3
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So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground.
Gen 4:4
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Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and for his offering;
Gen 4:5
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but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell.
Gen 4:6
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Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?
Gen 4:7
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~"If you do well, will not {your countenance} be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it."
Gen 4:8
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Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
Gen 4:9
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Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
Gen 4:10
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He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground.
Gen 4:11
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~"Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Gen 4:12
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~"When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth."
Gen 4:13
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Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is too great to bear!
Gen 4:14
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~"Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."
Gen 4:15
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So the LORD said to him, "Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him.
Gen 4:16
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Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
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