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Genesis Chapter 4

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In Genesis Chapter 4 Cain is angry with his brother Abel because Abel offered the best of his flock to the Lord and Cain offered the worst. Cain kills Abel, hides his body, and lies to God, claiming he was robbed, and God punishes him by giving him a mark of shame.

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(1) And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
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Numbers 31:17Genesis 4:25Genesis 3:15Genesis 5:29I John 3:12

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(2) And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
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(3) And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
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I Kings 17:7Nehemiah 13:6Leviticus 2:1Leviticus 2:2Leviticus 2:3Leviticus 2:4Leviticus 2:5Leviticus 2:6Leviticus 2:7Leviticus 2:8Leviticus 2:9Leviticus 2:10

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Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:11Deuteronomy 30:9Ezekiel 47:12Matthew 12:33John 15:2

(4) And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
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Exodus 13:12Numbers 18:12Numbers 18:17Proverbs 3:9Hebrews 9:22I Peter 1:19I Peter 1:20Revelation 13:8Leviticus 3:16Leviticus 3:17Genesis 15:17Leviticus 9:24

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(5) But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
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Numbers 16:15Hebrews 11:4Genesis 31:2Genesis 31:5Job 5:2Psalms 20:3Isaiah 3:10Isaiah 3:11Matthew 20:15Luke 15:28Luke 15:29Luke 15:30

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(6) And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
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(7) If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
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Genesis 19:21II Samuel 24:23II Kings 8:28Job 42:8Proverbs 18:5Ecclesiastes 8:12Ecclesiastes 8:13Isaiah 3:10Isaiah 3:11Jeremiah 6:20Malachi 1:8Malachi 1:10

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(8) And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
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(9) And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
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Genesis 3:9Genesis 3:10Genesis 3:11Psalms 9:12Genesis 37:32Job 22:13Job 22:14Psalms 10:13Psalms 10:14Proverbs 28:13John 8:44Acts 5:4

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(10) And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
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(11) And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
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Genesis 4:14Genesis 3:14Deuteronomy 27:16Deuteronomy 27:17Deuteronomy 27:18Deuteronomy 27:19Deuteronomy 27:20Deuteronomy 27:21Deuteronomy 27:22Deuteronomy 27:23Deuteronomy 27:24Deuteronomy 27:25

(12) When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
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(13) And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
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Job 15:22Revelation 16:9Revelation 16:11Revelation 16:21

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(14) Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
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Job 15:20Job 15:21Job 15:22Job 15:23Job 15:24Proverbs 14:32Proverbs 28:1Isaiah 8:22Hosea 13:3Genesis 4:16Job 21:14Job 21:15

(15) And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
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I Kings 16:7Psalms 59:11Hosea 1:4Matthew 26:52Genesis 4:24Leviticus 26:18Leviticus 26:21Leviticus 26:24Leviticus 26:28Psalms 79:12Proverbs 6:31Ezekiel 9:4

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(16) And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
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Genesis 4:14Genesis 3:8Exodus 20:18II Kings 13:23II Kings 24:20Job 1:12Job 2:7Job 20:17Psalms 5:11Psalms 68:2Jeremiah 23:39Jeremiah 52:3

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(17) And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
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(18) And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
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Genesis 5:21Genesis 36:2

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(19) And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
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Genesis 2:18Genesis 2:24Matthew 19:4Matthew 19:5Matthew 19:6Matthew 19:8

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(20) And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
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(21) And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
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(22) And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
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Exodus 25:3Numbers 31:22Deuteronomy 8:9Deuteronomy 33:25II Chronicles 2:7

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(23) And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
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Numbers 23:18Judges 9:7

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(24) If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
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(25) And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
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(26) And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 26:17Deuteronomy 26:18I Kings 18:24Psalms 116:17Isaiah 44:5Isaiah 48:1Isaiah 63:19Jeremiah 33:16Joel 2:32Zephaniah 3:9Acts 2:21Acts 11:26

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