^{11 Ref} Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

^{12 Ref} From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."

^{13 Ref} Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.

^{14 Ref} Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."

^{15 Ref} Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should strike him.

^{16 Ref} Cain went out from Yahweh's presence, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

^{17 Ref} Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.