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 goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;

And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.

Cast me not forth from Thy presence, And Thy Holy Spirit take not from me.

Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.

Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

who shall suffer justice -- destruction age-during -- from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his strength,

Fugitive

'And among those nations thou dost not rest, yea, there is no resting-place for the sole of thy foot, and Jehovah hath given to thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and grief of soul;

And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

That

And Jehovah saith to him, 'Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.

'And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man;

and I have set My face against you, and ye have been smitten before your enemies; and those hating you have ruled over you, and ye have fled, and there is none pursuing you.

And the sons of Israel speak unto Moses, saying, 'Lo, we have expired; we have perished; we have all of us perished;

'The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death.

and lo, the whole family hath risen against thy maid-servant, and say, Give up him who smiteth his brother, and we put him to death for the life of his brother whom he hath slain, and we destroy also the heir; and they have quenched my coal which is left -- so as not to set to my husband a name and remnant on the face of the ground.'

'All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.

The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

General references

and now, cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;

And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.