Genesis 4:5-12

Cain and Abel

⁵but for Cain and his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his face was gloomy. ⁶Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why is your face gloomy? ⁷If you do well, will your face not be cheerful? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.” ⁸Cain talked to his brother Abel; and it happened that when they were in the field Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

⁹Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” ¹⁰Then He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to Me from the ground. ¹¹Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. ¹²When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth.”