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Genesis 4

Gn. 4:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Cain
Qayin (Hebrew #7014)
Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe
KJV usage: Cain, Kenite(-s).
Pronounce: kah'-yin
Origin: the same as 7013 (with a play upon the affinity to 7069)
v went out
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
from the presence
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and dwelt
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of Nod
Nowd (Hebrew #5113)
vagrancy; Nod, the land of Cain
KJV usage: Nod.
Pronounce: node
Origin: the same as 5112
, on the east
qidmah (Hebrew #6926)
the forward part (or relatively) East (often adverbially, on the east or in front)
KJV usage: east(-ward).
Pronounce: kid-maw'
Origin: feminine of 6924
of Eden
`Eden (Hebrew #5731)
Eden, the region of Adam's home
KJV usage: Eden.
Pronounce: ay'-den
Origin: the same as 5730 (masculine)
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Gn. 4:14• 14He aquí me echas hoy de la faz de la tierra, y de tu presencia me esconderé; y seré errante y extranjero en la tierra; y sucederá que cualquiera que me hallare, me matará. (Gn. 4:14)
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Gn. 3:8• 8Y oyeron la voz de Jehová Dios que se paseaba en el huerto al aire del día: y escondióse el hombre y su mujer de la presencia de Jehová Dios entre los árboles del huerto. (Gn. 3:8)
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Éx. 20:18• 18Todo el pueblo consideraba las voces, y las llamas, y el sonido de la bocina, y el monte que humeaba: y viéndolo el pueblo, temblaron, y pusiéronse de lejos. (Éx. 20:18)
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2 R. 13:23• 23Mas Jehová tuvo misericordia de ellos, y compadecióse de ellos, y mirólos, por amor de su pacto con Abraham, Isaac y Jacob; y no quiso destruirlos ni echarlos de delante de sí hasta ahora. (2 R. 13:23)
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2 R. 24:20• 20Fué pues la ira de Jehová contra Jerusalem y Judá, hasta que los echó de su presencia. Y Sedecías se rebeló contra el rey de Babilonia. (2 R. 24:20)
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Job 1:12• 12Y dijo Jehová á Satán: He aquí, todo lo que tiene está en tu mano: solamente no pongas tu mano sobre él. Y salióse Satán de delante de Jehová. (Job 1:12)
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Job 2:7• 7Y salió Satán de delante de Jehová, é hirió á Job de una maligna sarna desde la planta de su pie hasta la mollera de su cabeza. (Job 2:7)
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Job 20:17• 17No verá los arroyos, los ríos, Los torrentes de miel y de manteca. (Job 20:17)
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Sal. 5:11• 11Y alegrarse han todos los que en ti confían; Para siempre darán voces de júbilo, porque tú los defiendes: Y en ti se regocijarán los que aman tu nombre. (Sal. 5:11)
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Sal. 68:2• 2Como es lanzado el humo, los lanzarás: Como se derrite la cera delante del fuego, Así perecerán los impíos delante de Dios. (Sal. 68:2)
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Jer. 23:39• 39Por tanto, he aquí que yo os echaré en olvido, y os arrancaré de mi presencia, y á la ciudad que os dí á vosotros y á vuestros padres; (Jer. 23:39)
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Jer. 52:3• 3Y á causa de la ira de Jehová contra Jerusalem y Judá, fué el llegar á echarlos de su presencia: y rebelóse Sedechîas contra el rey de Babilonia. (Jer. 52:3)
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Jn. 1:3,10• 3Todas las cosas por él fueron hechas; y sin él nada de lo que es hecho, fué hecho.
10En el mundo estaba, y el mundo fué hecho por él; y el mundo no le conoció.
(Jn. 1:3,10)
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Mt. 18:20• 20Porque donde están dos ó tres congregados en mi nombre, allí estoy en medio de ellos. (Mt. 18:20)
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Lc. 13:26• 26Entonces comenzaréis á decir: Delante de ti hemos comido y bebido, y en nuestras plazas enseñaste; (Lc. 13:26)
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1 Ts. 1:9• 9Porque ellos cuentan de nosotros cuál entrada tuvimos á vosotros; y cómo os convertisteis de los ídolos á Dios, para servir al Dios vivo y verdadero. (1 Ts. 1:9)
Nod.So called from {nad,} "a vagabond," which Cain is termed in ver. 12.
 Cain is cursed from the earth in this very position, and a fugitive and a vagabond; but he will be as happy there as he can, and frustrate God’s judgment as far as he can, and settle himself in comfort in the earth as his, where God had made him a vagabond; and that is the world. (Genesis 4 by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nodl, toward the east of Eden.

JND Translation Notes

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Flight, wandering. see ver. 12, where it is translated "fugitive."