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Genesis 4:8-13 Modern English Version (MEV)

8. Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

9. The Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?”He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

10. And then He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to Me from the ground.

11. Now you are cursed from the ground which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

12. From now on when you till the ground, it will not yield for you its best. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

13. Then Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear.

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