Genesis 4:12-14
International Standard Version
12 Whenever you work the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you, and you’ll wander throughout the earth as a fugitive.”
13 “My punishment is too great to bear,” Cain told the Lord. 14 “You’re driving me from the soil[a] today. I’ll be hidden from you, and I’ll wander throughout the earth as a fugitive. In the future,[b] whoever finds me will kill me.”
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- Genesis 4:14 Lit. the face of the ground
- Genesis 4:14 Lit. So it will be that
Genesis 4:12-14
English Standard Version
12 When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” 13 Cain said to the Lord, “My (A)punishment is greater than I can bear.[a] 14 Behold, (B)you have driven me today away from the ground, and (C)from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, (D)and whoever finds me will kill me.”
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- Genesis 4:13 Or My guilt is too great to bear
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