15 But the Lord said to him, “Not so[a]; anyone who kills Cain(A) will suffer vengeance(B) seven times over.(C)” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:15 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew Very well

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 him.

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16 So Cain went out from the Lord’s presence(A) and lived in the land of Nod,[a] east of Eden.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:16 Nod means wandering (see verses 12 and 14).

16 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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