Genesis 4:10-15

New International Version

¹⁰ The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.^{(A) 11} Now you are under a curse^(B) and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. ¹² When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you.^(C) You will be a restless wanderer^(D) on the earth.^(E)”

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;^(F) I will be a restless wanderer on the earth,^(G) and whoever finds me will kill me.”^(H)

¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, “Not so^[a]; anyone who kills Cain^(I) will suffer vengeance^(J) seven times over.^(K)” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.