15 Then the Lord replied to him, “In that case,[a] whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.”[b] And He placed a mark(A) on Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him. 16 Then Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

The Line of Cain

17 Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain became the builder of a city, and he named the city Enoch after his son.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:15 LXX, Syr, Vg read Not so!
  2. Genesis 4:15 Or suffer severely

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