3. In the course of time Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit of the ground,
4. while Abel, for his part, brought the fatty portion of the firstlings of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
5. but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry and dejected.
6. Then the Lord said to Cain: Why are you angry? Why are you dejected?
7. If you act rightly, you will be accepted; but if not, sin lies in wait at the door: its urge is for you, yet you can rule over it.
8. Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out in the field.” When they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
9. Then the Lord asked Cain, Where is your brother Abel? He answered, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
10. God then said: What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!
11. Now you are banned from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
12. If you till the ground, it shall no longer give you its produce. You shall become a constant wanderer on the earth.
13. Cain said to the Lord: “My punishment is too great to bear.