Genesis 4:4-16

⁴and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present,

⁵and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

⁶And Jehovah saith unto Cain, 'Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?

⁷Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.'

⁸And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, 'Let us go into the field;' and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.

⁹And Jehovah saith unto Cain, 'Where is Abel thy brother?' and he saith, 'I have not known; my brother's keeper — I?'

¹⁰And He saith, 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;

¹¹and now, cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;

¹²when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee — a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'

¹³And Cain saith unto Jehovah, 'Greater is my punishment than to be borne;

¹⁴lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been — every one finding me doth slay me.'

¹⁵And 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.

¹⁶And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;