12 When thou shalt till the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength: a [a]vagabond and a runagate shalt thou be in the earth.

13 Then Cain said to the Lord, [b][c]My punishment is greater than I can bear.

14 Behold, thou hast cast me out this day from [d]the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and shall be a vagabond, and a runagate in the earth, and whosoever findeth me shall slay me.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:12 Thou shalt never have rest: for thine heart shall be in continual fear and care.
  2. Genesis 4:13 He burdeneth God as a cruel judge because he did punish him so sharply.
  3. Genesis 4:13 Or, my sin is greater than can be pardoned.
  4. Genesis 4:14 Hebrew, from off the face of.

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