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Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."
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Cain's Fourfold Complaint
Commentators explain that Cain's cry describes a four-part punishment. He is banished from his homeland, hidden from the special presence and favor of God, sentenced to be a wanderer, and fears that anyone who finds him will kill him. This shows the comprehensive nature of the consequences he faced.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
1. קין (qayin)—Cain, “spear-shaft,” and קנה (qanah)—“set up, establish, gain, buy,” contain the biliteral root …
19th Century
Anglican
My punishment (or my iniquity) is greater than I can bear. —Literally, than can be borne, or "forgi…
16th Century
Protestant
Every one that findeth me. Since he is no longer covered by the protection of God, he concludes that he will be exposed to injury and viol…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, you have driven me out this day from the face ofthe earthNot from being upon …
Malice in the heart ends in murder by the hands. Cain killed Abel, his own brother, his own mother's son, whom he should have loved; his younger br…
