Genesis 4:14

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Summary

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

From thy

Fugitive

Deuteronomy 28:65

Psalm 109:10

That

General references

Genesis 4:11

Psalm 109:10

Bible References

From thy

Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

“They say to God, ‘Depart from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.

Do not cast me away from Your presence

And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails;

Do not hide Your face from me,

Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.

“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;

These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

Fugitive

Among those nations you shall find no rest, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.

Let his children wander about and beg;
And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.

That

So the Lord said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord

appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him.

Surely I will require

your lifeblood;

from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.

I will set My face against you so that you will be struck down before your enemies; and those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish, we are dying, we are all dying!

The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him.

Now behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and destroy the heir also.’ Thus they will extinguish my coal which is left, so as to leave my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.”

“The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.

The wicked flee when no one is pursuing,
But the righteous are bold as a lion.

General references

Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

Let his children wander about and beg;
And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.