Genesis 4:13-16

But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” “Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him. So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

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One song meets this passage

  • “For each man in his time is Cain”

    The One · Elton John

    resonates with Genesis 4:13-16

    The lyric borrows Cain's image of restless wandering and guilt, picturing every man as searching for a way back from exile.

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