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## Genesis 4:12-14 in Context (Verses 9–17 KJV)
 
 [9 ](/kjv/genesis/4/9) ¶ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where *is* Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: *Am* I my brother’s keeper?
 
 [10 ](/kjv/genesis/4/10) And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.*
 
 [11 ](/kjv/genesis/4/11) And now *art* thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
 
 [12 ](/kjv/genesis/4/12) When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
 
 [13 ](/kjv/genesis/4/13) And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment *is* greater than I can bear.*
 
 [14 ](/kjv/genesis/4/14) Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, *that* every one that findeth me shall slay me.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/genesis/4/15) And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/genesis/4/16) ¶ And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/genesis/4/17) And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.*
 
[Genesis 3](/kjv/genesis/3) [Genesis 5](/kjv/genesis/5)

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