³⁴ But Absalom went in flight. And the young man who kept the watch, lifting up his eyes, saw that a great band of people was coming down the slope by the way of the Horons; and the watchman came and gave word to the king, saying, I saw men coming down by the way of the Horons, from the hillside.

⁸ And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.

⁹ And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?

¹⁰ And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.

¹¹ And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;

¹² No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.

¹³ And Cain said, My punishment is greater than my strength.

¹⁴ You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.

³⁷ So Absalom went in flight and came to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur, where he was for three years.

³⁸ And the king was sorrowing for his son all the time.

¹⁷ One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.

¹⁹ As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.