¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, “Not so^[a]; anyone who kills Cain^(A) will suffer vengeance^(B) seven times over.^(C)” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.

⁷ Then they are to take some of the blood^(A) and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.