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NASB					Gen 4:15 So the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ said⁵⁵⁹ to him, "Therefore³⁶⁵¹ whoever³⁶⁰⁵ kills²⁰²⁶ Cain^7014b, vengeance⁵³⁵⁸ will be taken⁵³⁵⁸ on him ^Asevenfold⁷⁶⁵⁹." And the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ ¹ ^Bappointed⁷⁷⁶⁰ a sign²²⁶ for Cain^7014b, so that no³⁶⁰⁵ one³⁶⁰⁵ finding⁴⁶⁷² him would slay⁵²²¹ him.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Gen 4:15 And the LORD said to him, "¹Therefore, whoever kills Cain, a sevenfold vengeance [that is, punishment seven times worse] shall be taken on him [by Me]." And the LORD set a [protective] ²mark (sign) on Cain, so that no one who found (met) him would kill him. [Gen 4:24]

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Or set a mark on

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Some ancient versions read, "Not so!"

Many commentators believe this sign not to have been like a brand on the forehead, but something awesome about Cain's appearance that made people dread and avoid him. In the Talmud, the rabbis suggested several possibilities, including leprosy, boils, or a horn that grew out of Cain. But it was also suggested that Cain was given a pet dog to serve as a protective sign.

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Gen 4:24 If Cain is avenged sevenfold,
Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold."

Ezek 9:4 The LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst."

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Greek Heb.

226

oth (16d); from 184; a sign:--banners(1), omens(1), pledge(1), sign(43), signs(30), standards(1), witness(1), wondrous(1).

559

amar (55c); a prim. root; to utter, say:--address(1), advised(1), answer(2), answered(50), answers(1), ask(2), asked(4), asking(1), Asserting(1), assigned(1), call(2), called(4), command(1), commanded(14), commanded to say(1), commands(3), consider(1), continued(2), decided(2), declare*(1), declared(2), declared*(1), declares(1), demonstrates(1), designate(1), desired(1), follows(2), gave an order(2), gave the order(2), gave orders(2), indeed say(1), informed(1), intend(2), intended(1), intending(1), meditate(1), mentioned(1), name(1), namely(2), news(1), ordered(6), plainly says(1), promised(6), proposing(2), really thought(1), repeated*(1), replied*(1), requested(1), resolved(3), responded*(7), said(2766), said*(2), say(601), saying(862), saying*(1), says(594), sent word(1), speak(29), speak to you saying(1), speaking(2), speaks(2), specifically say(1), specified(1), spoke(77), spoken(15), still say(1), suppose(1), tell(23), telling(2), tells(1), think(1), thinking(2), thought(17), told(25), utters(1), vaunt(1).

2026

harag (246d); a prim. root; to kill, slay:--destroyed(1), kill(44), kill me as you killed(1), kill me at once(1), killed(58), killing(3), kills(2), murdered(2), murderer(1), murderers(1), occurs(1), slain(16), slaughter(1), slay(14), slayer(2), slays(2), slew(11), smitten(1), surely kill(1).

3068

Yhvh (i.e.Yehovah or Yahveh) [217d]; from 1933b; the proper name of the God of Israel:--GOD(314), LORD(6399), LORD'S(111).

3605

kol or
kol (481a); from 3634; the whole, all:--all(4045), all for every(2), all his and every(1), all his everything(1), all its the entire(1), all the and every(1), all the of every(1), all the everywhere(1), all the throughout(1), all your concerning everything(1), all your to every(1), all your throughout(1), all men(2), all these(1), all things(11), altogether(1), always*(15), annually*(2), any(176), any or by all(2), any*(5), anyone(12), anyone*(2), anything(31), anything*(6), anywhere(3), anywhere*(1), both(2), complete(2), completely(5), continually*(15), countryside*(1), during(1), each(4), each one(1), each*(1), earnestly*(1), else(1), entire(16), entirely(1), every(366), every and everyone(1), every in all(1), every of all(4), every of any(1), every pertaining to all(1), every man(1), every one(1), every one(12), every thing(1), every way(1), everyone(96), everyone's(3), everyone*(3), everything(52), everything*(4), everywhere(2), everywhere*(2), far(1), farthest(1), forever*(10), full(2), gaping(1), health*(1), just*(6), life*(1), lifetime*(1), long*(9), mere(1), much(1), no one(1), no*(33), none*(13), nothing*(12), one(3), only(1), perpetually*(2), plenty(1), something*(1), there is everywhere(1), throughout(20), throughout and all(1), throughout the whole(1), throughout all(1), throughout*(1), total(6), totally(2), utter(1), variety(1), whatever(24), whatever*(40), whenever(4), wherever*(20), whoever(45), whoever then any(1), whoever*(6), whoever...any(3), whole(125), whole and let all(1), whole and all(3), wholehearted*(1), wholly(2), whomever*(3).

3651

ken (485d); a prim. adv.; so, thus:--accordingly(2), after*(1), afterward*(18), afterwards*(5), because*(1), case(1), correctly(1), enough(1), even(2), exactly(1), follows(1), hence(1), here(1), inasmuch*(5), like(3), like this(1), likewise(10), means*(2), more(4), nevertheless(1), now*(1), possessed*(1), practice*(1), reason*(4), right(1), same(8), same way(1), since*(1), so(226), so*(1), such(3), such a thing(2), such*(1), surely(2), then(1), thereafter*(1), therefore(190), therefore*(138), this(24), this is how(1), this account(1), this manner(1), this reason(1), thus(51), very well(2), yet(1).

4672

matsa (592c); a prim. root; to attain to, find:--actually found(1), afford*(1), befall(1), befallen(2), befell(1), came(2), caught(5), come(6), comes(1), delivered(2), discover(8), discovered(4), discovery(1), enough(1), fall(1), find(109), finding(2), finds(17), found(231), going(1), had(2), handed(3), happen(1), happened(2), has(1), have(2), here(1), hit(1), invents(1), left(2), located(2), meet(2), met(3), overtake(2), overtook(1), pleases*(1), possessed(1), present(15), reached(3), reaped(1), requires(1), secured(1), seeking(1), spreads(1), strikes(1), sufficient(2), there(1), use(1).

5221

nakah (645a); a prim. root; to smite:--attack(5), attacked(6), attacks(3), beat(3), beat down(1), beaten(5), beating(1), blows(1), bothered(1), cast(1), clap(3), clapped(1), conquered(5), defeat(5), defeated(44), destroy(1), destroyed(2), drove(1), indeed defeated(1), inflicted(4), kill(11), kill*(1), killed(36), killing(3), kills(10), made(1), overthrown(1), pin(2), ruined(2), shoot(1), shot(1), slain(11), slapped(1), slaughter(1), slaughtered(1), slaughtering(2), slay(5), slayer(1), slayers(1), slaying(1), slays(1), slew(8), smashed(1), smite(12), smiter(1), smiting(1), smitten(7), smote(13), stricken(3), strike(49), strike down(9), strikes(9), strikes down(1), striking(4), striking down(2), struck(120), struck down(54), stuck(1), surely strike(1), take(5), taken(2), takes(2), thrust(1), troubled(1), wounded(5), wounding*(1).

5358

naqam (667d); a prim. root; to avenge, take vengeance:--avenge(9), avenged(5), avenger(2), avenging(2), exact(1), execute(1), punished(1), revengeful(1), take(2), take revenge(1), take vengeance(4), taken(1), takes vengeance(1), taking(1), vengeance shall be taken(1), vengeance will be taken(1).

7014b

Qayin (884a); from the same as 7013; oldest son of Adam and Eve:--Cain(16).

7659

shibathayim (988d); from 7651; sevenfold, seven times:--seven times(2), sevenfold(4).

7760

sum or
sim (962c); a prim. root; to put, place, set:--appoint(9), appointed(9), assign(1), assigned(2), attached(1), bestowed(1), bring(1), brought(1), care*(2), changes(2), charge*(1), charged(1), charges(2), consider(4), consider*(6), considered*(2), determine*(1), determined(1), disguises*(1), establish(3), established(5), establishes(1), establishment(1), expected*(1), fasten(1), fix(1), formed and made(1), gave(2), give(7), grant(1), had(1), hunt*(1), impose(1), impress(1), impute(1), inflicted(1), insert(4), invoke(1), keeps(1), laid(19), lay(10), lay down(1), lays(1), leave(1), loaded(1), look*(2), made(45), make(67), makes(9), mark(3), named*(2), ordained(1), orders(1), paid(2), painted*(1), pay(1), pay attention(2), performed(3), place(15), placed(21), plant(1), prepare(1), preserve(1), put(123), puts(6), putting(2), really set(1), recite*(1), regard*(1), render(1), repaid(1), required(1), seized(1), seized*(2), serve(1), served(1), set(108), sets(3), shave*(1), shed(1), show(1), station(1), stationed(3), steadily(1), substitute(2), surely set(1), take(5), taken(1), takes(1), taking(1), throw(1), told*(1), took(3), transformed(1), treat(1), turn(1), turned(2), unobserved*(1), work(1), wrought(1).

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