14 Behold, You have (A)driven me this day from the face of the ground; and I will be hidden from Your face, and (B)I will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth, and (C)whoever finds me will kill me.” 15 So the Lord said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him (D)seven times as much.” And the Lord [a](E)placed a mark on Cain, so that no one finding him would kill him.

16 Then Cain left the presence (F)of the Lord, and [b]settled in the land of [c]Nod, east of Eden.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:15 Or set a sign for
  2. Genesis 4:16 Lit dwelt
  3. Genesis 4:16 I.e., wandering

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