Verse 15
Genesis 4:15
Geneva Bible
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Then the Lord said vnto him, Doubtlesse whosoeuer slayeth Kain, he shalbe punished seue folde. And the Lord set a marke vpon Kain, lest any man finding him should kill 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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Afterward the man knew Heuah his wife, which conceiued and bare Kain, and said, I haue obteined a ma...
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And againe she brought foorth his brother Habel, and Habel was a keeper of sheepe, and Kain was a ti...
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And in processe of time it came to passe, that Kain brought an oblation vnto the Lord of the fruite...
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And Habel also him selfe brought of the first fruites of his sheepe, and of the fat of them, and the...
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But vnto Kain and to his offering he had no regarde: wherefore Kain was exceeding wroth, and his cou...
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Then ye Lord said vnto Kain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance cast downe?
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If thou do well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sinne lieth at the doore: a...
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Then Kain spake to Habel his brother. And when they were in the fielde, Kain rose vp against Habel h...
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Then the Lord said vnto Kain, Where is Habel thy brother? Who answered, I cannot tell. Am I my broth...
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Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.
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Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers bl...
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12
When thou shalt till the grounde, it shall not henceforth yeelde vnto thee her strength: a vagabond...
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Then Kain said to the Lord, My punishment is greater, then I can beare.
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Behold, thou hast cast me out this day from the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and shalbe...
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15
Then the Lord said vnto him, Doubtlesse whosoeuer slayeth Kain, he shalbe punished seue folde. And t...
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Then Kain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod towarde the Eastside...
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Kain also knewe his wife, which conceiued and bare Henoch: and he built a citie, and called the name...
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And to Henoch was borne Irad, and Irad begate Mehuiael, and Mehuiael begate Methushael, and Methusha...
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And Lamech tooke him two wiues: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
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And Adah bare Iabal, who was the father of such as dwell in the tents, and of such as haue cattell.
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And his brothers name was Iubal, who was the father of all that play on the harpe and organes.
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And Zillah also bare Tubal-kain, who wrought cunningly euery craft of brasse and of yron: and the si...
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Then Lamech saide vnto his wiues Adah and Zillah, Heare my voyce, ye wiues of Lamech: hearken vnto m...
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If Kain shalbe auenged seuen folde, truely Lamech, seuentie times seuen folde.
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And Adam knewe his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, and she called his name Sheth: for God (Elohim...
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And to ye same Sheth also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enosh. Then beganne men to...
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