Genesis 4:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 4:13

11 So now ^ayou are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.”

13 And Cain said to the Lord, “My¹ punishment is greater than I can bear!

14 Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; ^aI shall be ^bhidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that ^canyone who finds me will kill me.”

15 And the Lord said to him,¹ “Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him ^asevenfold.” And the Lord set a ^bmark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.

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16 Then Cain ^awent out from the ^bpresence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of¹ Nod on the east of Eden.

17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Ē´noch. And he built a city, ^aand called the name of the city after the name of his son—Ē´noch.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 4:13

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American Standard Version
And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Amplified® Bible
Then Cain said to the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Contemporary English Version
"This punishment is too hard!" Cain said.

Darby English Version
And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is too great to be borne.

Good News Bible
And Cain said to the LORD, "This punishment is too hard for me to bear.

King James Version
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

New American Standard Bible
Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is too great to bear!

New International Version
Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is more than I can bear.

New King James Version
And Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear!

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment has become too great to bear!

Revised Standard Version
Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Young's Literal Translation
And Cain saith unto Jehovah, `Greater is my punishment than to be borne;

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