9. And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where [is] Abel thy brother?' and he saith, `I have not known; my brother's keeper--I?'
10. And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;
11. and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;
12. when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee--a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'
13. And Cain saith unto Jehovah, `Greater is my punishment than to be borne;
14. lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been--every one finding me doth slay me.'
15. And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore--of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.
16. And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;