Genesis 4:13

And Cain says to YHWH, “My punishment is too great than to bear;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12when you till the ground, it will not add to give its strength to you—a wanderer, even a trembling one, you are in the earth.”

14behold, You have driven me today from off the face of the ground, and from Your face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it has been—everyone finding me will slay me.”

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Cross References

Job 15:22He does not believe to return from darkness, || And he watches for the sword.

Revelation 16:9and men were scorched with great heat, and they slandered the Name of God, who has authority over these plagues, and they did not convert—to give to Him glory.

Revelation 16:21and great hail (as of talent weight) comes down out of the sky on men, and men slandered God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague is very 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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