Genesis 4:15

Yahweh said to him, “If anyone kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” Then Yahweh put a mark on Cain, so that if anyone found him, that person would not attack him.

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In The King James Version

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 him.

In Context

14Indeed, you have driven me out this day from this ground, and I will be hidden from your face. I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

16So Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh and lived in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:18If after all this you do not listen to me, then I will punish you seven times as severely for your sins.

Leviticus 26:24then I will also walk in opposition to you, and I myself will punish you seven times because of your sins.

1 Kings 16:7So by the prophet Jehu son of Hanani the word of Yahweh came against Baasha and his family, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Yahweh, so as to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, like the family of Jeroboam, and also because he had killed all of Jeroboam's family.

Psalms 79:12Pay back into the laps of our neighboring countries seven times as much 1 as the insults with which they have insulted you, Lord. 1

Ezekiel 9:4Yahweh said to him, “Pass through the midst of the city—the midst of Jerusalem—and make a mark on the foreheads of those who groan and sigh about all the abominations being performed in the midst of the city.”

Hosea 1:4Yahweh said to Hosea, 1 “Call his name Jezreel. 1 For in a little while 1 I will punish the house of Jehu 1 for the bloodshed at Jezreel, 1 and I will put an end 1 to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 1

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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