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Genesis 4:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.” "

Genesis 4:14

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12 From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

13 Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.

14 Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.”

15 The LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” The LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that anyone finding him would not strike him.

16 Cain left the LORD’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

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Genesis 4:1

"The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with the LORD’s help.”"

Genesis 4:2

"Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground."

Genesis 4:3

"As time passed, Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit of the ground."

Genesis 4:4

"Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. The LORD respected Abel and his offering,"

Genesis 4:5

"but he didn’t respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell."

Genesis 4:6

"The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?"

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