Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

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Genesis 4:15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 15 So Jehovah said to him: “For that reason, anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times.”
  
  So Jehovah set up* a sign for Cain in order that no one finding him would strike him.

Genesis 4:15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 15 So Jehovah said to him: “For that reason, anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times.”
  
  So Jehovah set up* a sign for Cain in order that no one finding him would strike him.

Genesis 4:15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 15 At this Jehovah said to him: “For that reason* anyone killing Cain must suffer vengeance seven times.”+
  
  And so Jehovah set up a sign for Cain in order that no one finding him should strike him.+

Genesis 4:15

The Bible in Living English
- 15 * And Jehovah said to him “Then whenever anyone kills Cain it shall be avenged seven times over”; and Jehovah marked a token on Cain that whenever anyone found him he might not kill him.

Genesis 4:15

American Standard Version
- 15 And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.

Genesis 4:15

The Emphasized Bible
- 15 And Yahweh said to him—Not so! whosoever slayeth Cain sevenfold shall it be avenged. So Yahweh set for Cain a sign, that none finding him should smite him.