Genesis 4:14

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Summary

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.

From thy

Fugitive

Deuteronomy 28:65

Psalm 109:10

That

General references

Genesis 4:11

Psalm 109:10

Bible References

From thy

And Cain went out from the face of the LORD, and dwelt in the land Nod, on the east side of Eden.

They say unto God, 'Go from us: we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Hear me, O LORD, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the grave.

Then shall the King say unto them that shall be on the left hand, 'Depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels.

which shall be punished with everlasting damnation, from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power,

Fugitive

And among these nations thou shalt be no small season, and yet shalt have no rest for the sole of thy foot. For the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart and dazing eyes and sorrow of mind.

Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread; let them seek it also out of desolate places.

That

And the LORD said unto him, "Not so, but whosoever slayeth Cain shall be punished sevenfold." And the LORD put a mark upon Cain that no man that found him should kill him.

For verily the blood of you, wherein your lives are, will I require: Even of the hand of all beasts will I require it, and of the hand of man and of the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man:

And I will set my face against you and ye shall fall before your enemies, and they that hate you shall reign over you, and ye shall flee when no man followeth you.

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, "Behold, we are destroyed and all come to nought:

The judge of blood shall slay the murderer, as soon as he findeth him.

And behold, the whole kindred arose against thy handmaid and said, 'Deliver us him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the soul of his brother whom he slew: for he will destroy the heir also.' And so they shall quench my sparkle which is left that he shall stir up neither name or issue upon the earth unto my husband."

The ungodly despaireth all the days of his life, and the number of a tyrant's years is unknown.

The ungodly fleeth, no man chasing him; but the righteous standeth stiff as a lion.

General references

And now cursed be thou as pertaining to the earth, which opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood of thine hand.

Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread; let them seek it also out of desolate places.