Holy Scripture
Genesis 4:9
A church father on this verse
“God appeared to Cain with kindness, so that if he repented, the sin of murder that his fingers had committed might be effaced by the compunction on his lips. If he did not repent, however, there would be decreed on him a bitter punishment in proportion to his evil folly.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother’s keeper?
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In context
7Hast thou not sinned if thou hast brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? be still, to thee shall be his submission, and thou shalt rule over him.
8And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
— Genesis 4:9 —
10And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood cries to me out of the ground.
11And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand.