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And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'
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and she addeth to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain hath been servant of the ground.
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And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;
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and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present,
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and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.
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And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?
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Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.'
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And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, [`Let us go into the field;'] and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.
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And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where [is] Abel thy brother?' and he saith, `I have not known; my brother's keeper -- I?'
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And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;
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and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;
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when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee -- a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'
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And Cain saith unto Jehovah, `Greater is my punishment than to be borne;
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lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.'
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And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.
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And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;