Verse 15
Genesis 4:15
Literal Standard Version
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And YHWH says to him, “Therefore, of any slayer of Cain it is required sevenfold”; and YHWH sets to Cain a token that none finding him will 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 his wife Eve, and she conceives and bears Cain, and says, “I have acquired a man by...
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and she adds to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain has been servant...
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And it comes to pass at the end of days that Cain brings from the fruit of the ground a present to Y...
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and Abel, he has brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, and from their fat ones;...
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and to Cain and to his present He has not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his counte...
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And YHWH says to Cain, “Why do you have displeasure? And why has your countenance fallen?
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Is there not, if you do well, acceptance? And if you do not do well, sin or a sin-offering is lying...
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And Cain says to his brother Abel, “Let us go into the field”; and it comes to pass in their being i...
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And YHWH says to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” And he says, “I have not known; am I my brother...
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And He says, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground;
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and now, cursed are you from the ground, which has opened her mouth to receive the blood of your bro...
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when you till the ground, it will not add to give its strength to you—a wanderer, even a trembling o...
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And Cain says to YHWH, “My punishment is too great than to bear;
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behold, You have driven me today from off the face of the ground, and from Your face I am hid; and I...
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And YHWH says to him, “Therefore, of any slayer of Cain it is required sevenfold”; and YHWH sets to...
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And Cain goes out from before YHWH, and dwells in the land, moving about east of Eden;
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and Cain knows his wife, and she conceives, and bears Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calls...
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And born to Enoch is Irad; and Irad has begotten Mehujael; and Mehujael has begotten Methusael; and...
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And Lamech takes to himself two wives, the name of the first Adah, and the name of the second Zillah...
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And Adah bears Jabal, he has been father of those inhabiting tents and having purchased livestock;
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and the name of his brother is Jubal, he has been father of everyone handling harp and pipe.
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And Zillah, she also bears Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron; and a si...
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And Lamech says to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, give ear to my sayin...
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For sevenfold is required for Cain, || And for Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
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And Adam again knows his wife, and she bears a son, and calls his name Seth, “for God (Elohim) has a...
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And to Seth, to him also a son has been born, and he calls his name Enos; then a beginning was made...
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