from thy hand; when thou tillest the ground it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. And Cain said unto the Lord, Satan tempted me because of my brothers flocks. And I was wroth also, for his offering thou didst accept and not mine: my punishment is greater than I can bear 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, every one that findeth me shall slay me because of mine oath, for these things are not hid from the Lord, And the 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, And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and his wife and many of his brethren And dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife and [p. [55]]