Genesis 4:4-16

⁴and Habel he brought also of the first-born of his sheep and of their fatlings. And there was acceptableness before the Lord in Habel and in his oblation;

⁵but in Kain and his oblation there was not acceptableness. And it was greatly displeasing to Kain, and his countenance was downcast.

⁶And the Lord said to Kain, Why art thou displeased, and why is thy countenance downcast?

⁷If thou doest thy work well, is it not remitted to thee? And if thou doest not thy work well, thy sin unto the day of judgment is reserved, when it will be exacted of thee, if thou convert not: but if thou convert, it is remitted to thee.

⁸And Kain spake with Habel his brother; and it was in their being in the field that Kain arose against Habel his brother, and killed him.

⁹And the Lord said to Kain, Where is Habel thy brother? And he said, I know not; am I the keeper of my brother?

¹⁰And He said, What hast thou done? The voice of the blood of generations which were to come from thy brother complaineth before Me, from the earth!

¹¹And now, accursed art thou from the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother from thy hand.

¹²When thou tillest the earth, it shall not add to give its virtue to thee; a castaway and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.

¹³And Kain said before the Lord, Greater is my guilt than may be forgiven.

¹⁴Behold, Thou hast rejected me this day from the face of the earth, and from Thy presence it is not possible to hide; and I shall be a castaway and a wanderer in the earth, and anyone who findeth me will slay me.

¹⁵And the Lord said to him, Therefore anyone who killeth Kain, unto seven generations it shall be exacted of him. And the Lord set unto Kain a sign, lest anyone who found him should kill him.

¹⁶And Kain went out from before the Lord, and dwelt in the land of the wanderer and outcast, which was made for him in the beginnings in the Garden of Eden.