Holy Scripture

Genesis 4:13

A church father on this verse
“Someone may say, "Behold he has confessed, and confessed with great precision"—but all to no avail, dearly beloved: the confession comes too late. You see, he should have done this at the right time when he was in a position to find mercy from the judge.”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON GENESIS 19.3

Source: Septuagint

Original

13And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven.

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11And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand.

12When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth.

— Genesis 4:13 —

14If thou castest me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that anyone that finds me shall slay me.

15And the Lord God said to him, Not so, anyone that slays Cain shall suffer sevenfold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might slay him.

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