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 brothers keeper?”  And  the  Lord  said  to  him:  “What  hast  thou done? The voice  of  thy  brother’s  blood  crieth  to  me  from  the earth. Now, therefore,  cursed  shalt  thou  be  upon  the  earth, which hath  opened  her  mouth  and  received  the  blood  of  thy brother from  thy  hand. When thou  shalt  till  it,  it  shall  not  yield to thee  its  fruit. A fugitive and a vagabond shalt  thou  be  upon the earth.”

And Cain,  in  despair,  said  to  the  Lord:  “My  iniquity  is greater  than  that  I may  deserve  pardon. Behold! Thou dost cast me  out  this  day  from  the  face  of  the  earth. Everyone, therefore, who  findeth  me,  will  kill  me.”  The  Lord  said  to  him: “No, it  shall  not  be  so;  but  whosoever  shall  kill  Cain  shall  be punished  sevenfold.”  And  He  set  a mark  upon  Cain,  that whosoever found  him  should  not  kill  him. And Cain  went  out from the  face  of  the  Lord,  and  dwelt  as  a fugitive  on  the  earth.