15 Then the Lord replied to him, “In that case,[a] whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” And he placed a mark(A) on Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him. 16 Then Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod,[b] east of Eden.

The Line of Cain

17 Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain became the builder of a city, and he named the city Enoch after his son.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:15 LXX, Syr, Vg read “Not so!
  2. 4:16 Lit Wandering

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