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14 You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me.”

15 Then the Lord said to Cain, “No, if anyone kills you, I will punish that person much, much more.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to show that no one should kill him.

Cain’s Family

16 Cain went away from the Lord and lived in the land of Nod.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:16 Nod This name means “wandering.”

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