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Many of them would be understandably indignant about the murder of Abel. It's not impossible that Cain had quite a number of siblings, nieces, and nephews by this time. As we'll see in the next chapter, the lifespans of the first generations of humans after the garden lasted hundreds of years. Cain also gave an offering to God, but the Bible says God was not happy with it. Abel believed and trusted God ( Hebrews 11:4 ). Abel gave an offering to God, and it was the best he had. This would have allowed ample time for Adam and Eve to have other sons and daughters and even for those children to begin having children of their own. More important, their attitude toward God was different. The most reasonable interpretation is that the murder of Abel took place decades-perhaps many decades-after Cain and Abel were born. Who was Cain afraid of specifically? So far in the text, the only people specifically mentioned in Scripture are Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel who is now dead. Cain will be unprotected in the world as others try to find him and kill him, apparently in retribution for what he did to Abel. God Most High commanded the Messenger Adam, saying, 'For the sake of their offspring, give to Cain the girl born with Abel, and give to Abel the girl born with Cain.' The Messenger Adam did so. Now Cain lists back to God what he's about to lose: crops from the ground, home, and a relationship with God. Cain and Abel Turkey It is related that when our mother Eve bare Cain and Abel, she bare a daughter along with each. In the previous verse, Cain began his protest, saying the punishment was more than he could bear. God also banished Cain from his home, sending him out as a fugitive and wanderer on the earth. The earth would no longer yield crops for him. What does Genesis 4:14 mean? Īfter Cain killed his brother Abel, God cursed Cain from the ground. Genesis 4:14, CSB: "Since you are banishing me today from the face of the earth, and I must hide from your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me."" Genesis 4:14, NLT: "You have banished me from the land and from your presence you have made me a homeless wanderer. Genesis 4:14, NASB: "Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground and I will be hidden from Your face, and I will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.'" Genesis 4:14, KJV: "Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth 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." I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”" Genesis 4:14, ESV: "Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. Genesis 4:14 Parallel Verses Genesis 4:14, NIV: "Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.'"