Genesis 4:13-15

Contemporary English Version

¹³ “This punishment is too hard!” Cain said. ¹⁴ “You're making me leave my home and live far from you.^[a] I will have to wander about without a home, and just anyone could kill me.”

¹⁵ “No!”^[b] the Lord answered. “Anyone who kills you will be punished seven times worse than I am punishing you.” So the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn everyone not to kill him.