12 If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”(A)

13 But Cain answered the Lord, “My punishment[a] is too great to bear! 14 Since you are banishing me today from the face of the earth, and I must hide from your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.”(B)

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  1. 4:13 Or sin

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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