^{8 Ref} Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's go into the field." It happened, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.

^{9 Ref} Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

^{10 Ref} Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

^{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."