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8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
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8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
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9 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"
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9 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"
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10 The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.
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10 The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.
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11 Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
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11 Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
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12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."
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12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."
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13 Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is more than I can bear.
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13 Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is more than I can bear.
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14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."
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14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."
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15 But the LORD said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
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15 But the LORD said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
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16 So Cain went out from the LORD's presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
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16 So Cain went out from the LORD's presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
