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Bible Verses About Cain

This collection includes 50 passages about Cain. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

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And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

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And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

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And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

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And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

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And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

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But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

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And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

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And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

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And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

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And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

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And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.

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And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

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And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

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And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:

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If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

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And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

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Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

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And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

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And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

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And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

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And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

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And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

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And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

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And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

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And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

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And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

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Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

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The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

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And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.

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And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

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And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

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And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

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But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.

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So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

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And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.

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And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

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This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

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