 | John Fletcher - Slavery - 1852 - 676 pages
...henceforth yield unto thee her strength : a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth." * * * " And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him." "Shall not yield unto thee her strength;" either the earth should be less fruitful, or from his own... | |
 | John Fletcher - Slavery - 1852 - 712 pages
...henceforth yield unto thee her strength : a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth." * * * " And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him." "Shall not yield unto thee her strength;" either the earth should be less fruitful, or from his own... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1853 - 330 pages
...Lord said unto him, therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him, seven-fold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain lest any finding him should kill him." Still the Hangman would hang upon the warranty of Scripture ; supported in his faith by those Christian... | |
 | Robert Connel - 1853 - 210 pages
...Lord said unto him, Therefore, whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him seven-fold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and ' dwelt in the land of Nod, on the East of Eden.... | |
 | Amélie Rorty - Good and evil - 2001 - 376 pages
...said unto him, "Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him seven-fold." And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. The Commandments And God spoke all these words, saying, "I am the Lord thy God, which have brought... | |
 | Bible - 2003 - 322 pages
...shalt thou be in the earth. Genesis 4:12. 4 My punishment is greater than I can bear. Genesis 4:13. 5 The Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. Genesis 4:15. (Note that the mark was a protection, not part of Cain's punishment as is sometimes supposed.)... | |
 | Joseph Lewis - Religion - 2003 - 168 pages
...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. 16 And Caín went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.... | |
 | Denver E. Crew - Religion - 2003 - 401 pages
...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. The mark of Cain was this: He made them Giants, such as was found in the Land of Canaan. They were... | |
 | Kathleen Lalani Mayfield - Soul - 2003 - 378 pages
...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. The account in Genesis was for man's benefit it was telling mankind how men came about, how God made... | |
 | Leon Kass - Philosophy - 2003 - 722 pages
...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 slay him. (4:15) The mark of Cain — wrongly regarded as the sign of murderous guilt — is, in fact,... | |
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... and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. 
