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Genesis 4:15-16
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15 And the Lord said to him, [a]“Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him (A)sevenfold.” And the Lord set a (B)mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.

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16 Then Cain (C)went out from the (D)presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of [b]Nod on the east of Eden.

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  1. Genesis 4:15 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. Not so;
  2. Genesis 4:16 Lit. Wandering
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Genesis 4:15-16
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15 But the Lord said to him, “Not so[a]; anyone who kills Cain(A) will suffer vengeance(B) seven times over.(C)” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. 16 So Cain went out from the Lord’s presence(D) and lived in the land of Nod,[b] east of Eden.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:15 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew Very well
  2. Genesis 4:16 Nod means wandering (see verses 12 and 14).
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