Genesis 4:12-14

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹² If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”^(A)

¹³ But Cain answered the Lord, “My punishment^[a] is too great to bear! ¹⁴ Since You are banishing me today from the soil, and I must hide myself from Your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.”^(B)