KJV King James Version
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother’s keeper?
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Genesis 4:9
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother’s keeper?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Cain, ‘Where is Abel thy brother?’ and he saith, ‘I have not known; my brother’s keeper—I?’
Surrounding context — Genesis 4
6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother’s keeper?
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
11 And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
12 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)קַ֔יִןH7014 · qa.yinKainאֵ֖יH335 · aywhere?הֶ֣בֶלH1893 · he.velAbelאָחִ֑יךָH251 · achbrother: male-siblingוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559 · a.marto sayלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיָדַ֔עְתִּיH3045 · ya.dato knowהֲשֹׁמֵ֥רH8104 · sha.marto keep: obeyאָחִ֖יH251 · achbrother: male-siblingאָנֹֽכִי׃H595 · a.no.khiI
Cross-references
Proverbs 28:13He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.John 8:44Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.Psalm 9:12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.Psalm 10:13-14Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].Acts 5:4-9Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.Genesis 37:32And they sent the coat of [many] colours, and they brought [it] to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it [be] thy son’s coat or no.Job 22:13-14And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?Genesis 3:9-11And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou?
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