Genesis 4:9
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?
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Genesis 4:9 in other translations
Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?”
He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Genesis 4:9 in context
- 7If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it.
- 8And Cain told 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.
- 9And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?
- 10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
- 11And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;