New American Standard Bible

Genesis 4:9-14 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

9. Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

10. He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground.

11. Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

12. When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth."

13. Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is too great to bear!

14. Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."