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Passage Lookup: Genesis 4:1-16
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Genesis 4:1
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Adam (F19) lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. (F20) She said, "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth (F21) a man."
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Genesis 4:2
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Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
Genesis 4:3
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In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD .
Genesis 4:4
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But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
Genesis 4:5
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but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
Genesis 4:6
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Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
Genesis 4:7
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If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."
Genesis 4:8
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Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." (F22) And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
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Genesis 4:9
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Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"
Genesis 4:10
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The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.
Genesis 4:11
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Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 4:12
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When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."
Genesis 4:13
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Cain said to the LORD , "My punishment is more than I can bear.
Genesis 4:14
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Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."
Genesis 4:15
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But the LORD said to him, "Not so (F23) ; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
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Genesis 4:16
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So Cain went out from the LORD's presence and lived in the land of Nod, (F24) east of Eden.
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