Genesis 4:6-12
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Chapter 4
6The Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? 7If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it."
8Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And 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?" He said, "I do not know; am I my brother 's keeper?"
10And the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother 's blood is crying to me from the ground.
11And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother 's blood from your hand.
12When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."
