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Genesis 4:7-9
Easy-to-Read Version
Genesis 4:7-9
Easy-to-Read Version
7 You know that if you do what is right, I will accept you. But if you don’t, sin is ready to attack you. That sin will want to control you, but you must control it.”[a]
8 Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”[b] So they went to the field. Then Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
9 Later, the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”
Cain answered, “I don’t know. Is it my job to watch over my brother?”
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- Genesis 4:7 But if you … control it Or “But if you don’t do right, sin is crouching at your door. It wants you, but you must rule over it.”
- Genesis 4:8 Let’s go … field This sentence is found in the ancient versions but not in the standard Hebrew text.
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