Genesis 4:13

Cain said to him, “You have made it extremely hard for me.

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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

12And foods will not come up for you. I will send you far off. With fear you will keep going to other places.”

14I will go about to other places. Perhaps someone will kill me.”

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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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