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Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should strike him.
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God's Justice, Not Revenge
Commentators explain that God's protection of Cain was not an act of favoritism but a foundational legal principle. By promising a 'sevenfold' vengeance on any who would kill Cain, God established that justice and retribution belong to Him alone, not to individuals seeking private revenge. This prevented a cycle of violence and asserted divine authority over human life.
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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
The Lord said to him, Therefore. —Most of the versions have Not so, which requires only a slight and probable change of t…
16th Century
Protestant
Therefore, whosoever slayeth Cain. Those who think that it was Cain’s wish to perish immediately by one death, so that he would not be agi…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord said to him In order to satisfy him, and make him easy in this respect, that: he need not fear an immediate or bo…
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…
