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11 And now you are cursed by reason of the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s [shed] blood from your hand.

12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth [in perpetual exile, a degraded outcast].

13 Then Cain said to the Lord, My punishment is [a]greater than I can bear.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:13 Some ancient versions read, “too great to be forgiven!”

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