Verse 15
Genesis 4:15
Young's Literal Translation
15
And Jehovah saith to him, 'Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣/וֹ יְהוָ֗ה לָ/כֵן֙ כָּל הֹרֵ֣ג קַ֔יִן שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם יֻקָּ֑ם וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם יְהוָ֤ה לְ/קַ֨יִן֙ א֔וֹת לְ/בִלְתִּ֥י הַכּוֹת אֹת֖/וֹ כָּל מֹצְאֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And the LORD said to him, "Therefore, whoever kills Cain will be avenged sevenfold." And the LORD put a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
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Chapter 4 Context
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And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, 'I have gotten a man...
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and she addeth to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain hath been serva...
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And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present t...
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and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat one...
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and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his c...
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And Jehovah saith unto Cain, 'Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?
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Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offerin...
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And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, ['Let us go into the field;'] and it cometh to pass in their b...
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And Jehovah saith unto Cain, 'Where [is] Abel thy brother?' and he saith, 'I have not known; my brot...
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And He saith, 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the grou...
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and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy...
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when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee -- a wanderer, even a tre...
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And Cain saith unto Jehovah, 'Greater is my punishment than to be borne;
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lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I ha...
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And Jehovah saith to him, 'Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah...
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And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;
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and Cain knoweth his wife, and she conceiveth, and beareth Enoch; and he is building a city, and he...
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And born to Enoch is Irad; and Irad hath begotten Mehujael; and Mehujael hath begotten Methusael; an...
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And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.
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And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions;
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and the name of his brother [is] Jubal, he hath been father of every one handling harp and organ.
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And Zillah she also bare Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron; and a siste...
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And Lamech saith to his wives: -- 'Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, give ear [to] my...
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For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'
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And Adam again knoweth his wife, and she beareth a son, and calleth his name Seth, 'for God (Elohim)...
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And to Seth, to him also a son hath been born, and he calleth his name Enos; then a beginning was ma...
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