Genesis 4:9
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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.
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