Genesis 4:13

And Cain said to the Lord: “My iniquity is too great to deserve kindness.

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In The King James Version

And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

In Context

12When you work it, it will not give you its fruit; a vagrant and a fugitive shall you be upon the land.”

14Behold, you have cast me out this day before the face of the earth, and from your face I will be hidden; and I will be a vagrant and a fugitive on the earth. Therefore, anyone who finds me will kill me.”

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Cross References

Job 15:22He does not believe that it is possible for him to be turned from darkness into the light, for he sees around him the sword on every side.

Revelation 16:9And men were scorched by the great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who holds power over these afflictions, but they did not repent, so as to give him glory.

Revelation 16:21And hail as heavy as a talent descended from the sky upon men. And men blasphemed God, because of the affliction of the hail, for it was exceedingly great.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:10-13

Cain's Punishment. ( b. c. 3875.) 9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. We have here a… Read the whole commentary →

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