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genesis 4:14
7
Why is your face down­cast? 7  If you do what is ­r ight, will
you not be ac­cept­ed? But if you do not do what is r ­ ight, sin
is crouch­ing at your door; it de­sires to have you, but you
must rule over it.”
8  Now Cain said to his broth­
er Abel, “Let’s go out to
the ­f ield.”  a ­W hile they were in the ­f ield, Cain at­tacked his
broth­er Abel and k ­ illed him.
9  T hen the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your broth­er
Abel?”
“I d
­ on’t know,” he re­plied. “Am I my broth­er’s keep­er?”
10  T he Lord said, “What have you done? Lis­ten! Your
broth­er’s b
­ lood c ­ ries out to me from the g ­ round. 11  Now
you are un­der a ­curse and driv­en from the ­g round, ­which
opened its ­mouth to re­ceive your broth­er’s ­blood from your
hand. 12  W hen you work the ­g round, it will no lon­ger ­y ield
its c ­ rops for you. You will be a rest­less wan­der­er on the
earth.”
13  Cain said to the Lord, “My pun­ish­ment is more than
I can bear. 14  To­day you are driv­ing me from the land, and
4:11 – 12
God’s curse on Cain
Cain had made his living as a
farmer, growing food from the
ground. But now the ground was
soaked with his brother’s blood,
so God said the ground would no
longer produce any crops for Cain.
Instead of staying with his family,
Cain was forced to wander the
earth.
a  8  Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text
does not have “Let’s go out to the field.”   
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