Genesis 4:14

If you cast me out this day from the face of the earth, + 4:14 Or, then shall I be. and I shall be hidden from your presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one that finds me shall kill me.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven.

15And the Lord God said to him, Not so, any one that slays Cain shall + 4:15 Gr. pay seven penalties. suffer sevenfold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might kill him.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:5For your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of man at the hand of his brother man.

Leviticus 26:36And to those who are left of you I will bring bondage into their heart in the land of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as fleeing from war, and shall fall when none pursues them.

Numbers 35:19The avenger of blood himself shall kill the murderer: whenever he shall meet him he shall kill him.

Numbers 35:27and the avenger of blood should find him without the bounds of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood should kill the slayer, he is not guilty.

2 Samuel 14:7And behold the whole family rose up against your handmaid, and they said, Give up the one that struck his brother, and we will put him to death for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and we will take away even your heir: so they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to + 14:7 Gr. place. leave my husband remnant or name on the face of the earth.

Job 21:14Yet such a man says to the Lord, Depart from me; I desire not to know your ways.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:14-16

Cain's Complaint. ( b. c. 3875.) 13 And Cain said unto the Lord , My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14 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. 15 And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill… Read the whole commentary →

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