Study it in the app“Look, you have driven me out today from the face of the ground, and from your presence I will be hidden; and I will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth, and it will happen that whoever finds me will kill me.””
Look,הֵןyou have drivenגֵּרַשְׁתָּmeאֹתִיout todayהַיּוֹםfrom the faceמֵעַל פְּנֵיof the ground,הָאֲדָמָהand from your presenceוּמִפָּנֶיךָI will be hidden;אֶסָּתֵרand I will beוְהָיִיתִיa wandererנָעand a drifterוָנָדon the earth,בָּאָרֶץand it will happenוְהָיָהthatwhoeverכָלfinds meמֹצְאִיwill kill me.”יַהַרְגֵנִי
drive out
To force someone out of their home or land.
Where else “gerashta” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearssurface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appearssoil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appearshide
To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.
Where else “esater” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayiti” appearswander
To go from place to place with no fixed home, like an outcast.
Where else “na” appearswander
To roam, run off.
Where else “nad” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “motsi” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “yaharge” appears13And Cain said to YHWH, “My iniquity is too great to bear.
14 · This verse (above)
15And YHWH said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” And YHWH put a sign on Cain, so that no one who found him would strike him.
1. What it says
How did Cain feel when YHWH did not look with favor on his offering, and what did YHWH say to him (vv. 5-7)?
2. What it means
What does Cain mean by his question, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” (v. 9)?
3. How I live it
How can you deal with anger or envy toward someone today before it grows?
