Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 4:14 in context
Genesis 4:11–17
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Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
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From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
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Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
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Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.”
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The LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” The LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that anyone finding him would not strike him.
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Cain left the LORD’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
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Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
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