Genesis 4:13

Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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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

12From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."

14Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."

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Cross References

Job 15:22He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness.He is waited for by the sword.

Revelation 16:9People were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

Revelation 16:21Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague is exceedingly severe.

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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