Genesis 4:11-16

New International Version

¹¹ Now you are under a curse^(A) and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. ¹² When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you.^(B) You will be a restless wanderer^(C) on the earth.^(D)”

¹³ Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear. ¹⁴ Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence;^(E) I will be a restless wanderer on the earth,^(F) and whoever finds me will kill me.”^(G)

¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, “Not so^[a]; anyone who kills Cain^(H) will suffer vengeance^(I) seven times over.^(J)” 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^(K) and lived in the land of Nod,^[b] east of Eden.^(L)