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Genesis 4:8
“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.”
Verse in context — Genesis 4
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Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?
7
If you do well, will it not be lifted up? If you don't do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.
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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.
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Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?
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Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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