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Bereshis 4:7-17 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

7. If thou doest right, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not right, chattat croucheth at the petach. And unto thee shall be its teshukah (desire), and thou must rule over it.

8. And Kayin talked with Hevel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the sadeh, that Kayin rose up against Hevel his brother, and killed him.

9. And Hashem said unto Kayin, Where is Hevel thy brother? And he said, I know not; am I shomer achi (my brother's keeper)?

10. And He said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's dahm crieth unto Me from haadamah.

11. And now art thou arur (cursed) from haadamah, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's dahm from thy hand;

12. When thou tillest haadamah, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her ko'ach (strength); na (restless fugitive) vanad (and a wanderer, nomad) shalt thou be in ha'aretz.

13. And Kayin said unto Hashem, My avon (iniquity, punishment for guilt) is greater than I can bear.

14. See, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the adamah; and from Thy face shall I be hidden and I shall be a na (restless fugitive) vanad (and a wanderer, nomad) in ha'aretz; and it shall come to pass, that whoever findeth me shall kill me.

15. And Hashem said unto him, Therefore whoever killeth Kayin, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Hashem placed an ot (mark) upon Kayin, so that none finding him should kill him.

16. And Kayin went out from the presence of Hashem, and dwelt in Eretz Nod, east of Eden.

17. And Kayin knew his isha; and she conceived, and bore Chanokh (Enoch); and he built an ir (city), and called the shem of the ir, after the shem beno, Chanokh (Enoch).

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