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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 4, Verse 10

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And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother's keeper?
King James Version
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
American Standard Version
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
New English Translation
But the LORD said,“What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!
World English Bible
Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
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And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
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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.
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And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.
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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.
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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.
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And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
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And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
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And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
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And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
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And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and [of such as have] cattle.