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Genesis 4:12-14
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 4:12-14
Contemporary English Version
12 When you try to farm the land, it won't produce anything for you. From now on, you'll be without a home, and you'll spend the rest of your life wandering from place to place.
13 “This punishment is too hard!” Cain said. 14 “You're making me leave my home and live far from you.[a] I will have to wander about without a home, and just anyone could kill me.”
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- 4.14 live … you: It was generally believed that the Lord was with his people only in their own land.
Genesis 4:12-14
New International Version
Genesis 4:12-14
New International Version
12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you.(A) You will be a restless wanderer(B) on the earth.(C)”
13 Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear. 14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence;(D) I will be a restless wanderer on the earth,(E) and whoever finds me will kill me.”(F)
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