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Genesis 4:16
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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.  

The Family of Cain

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.  
18 To Ē´noch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech.
19 Then Lamech took for himself atwo wives: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.  
Verse Comparison: Genesis 4:16

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American Standard Version
And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Amplified® Bible
So Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod [wandering], east of Eden.

Contemporary English Version
But Cain had to go far from the LORD and live in the Land of Wandering, which is east of Eden.

Darby English Version
And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, toward the east of Eden.

Good News Bible
And Cain went away from the LORD's presence and lived in a land called "Wandering," which is east of Eden.

King James Version
And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

New American Standard Bible
Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

New International Version
So Cain went out from the LORD's presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

New King James Version
Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Revised Standard Version
Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Young's Literal Translation
And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;


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