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Genesis 4:13
Then Kain said to the Lord, My punishment is greater, then I can beare.
Genesis 4:13 · Geneva Bible
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Genesis 4:13 in other translations
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
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In context
10 Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.
11 Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thine hand.
12 When thou shalt till the grounde, it shall not henceforth yeelde vnto thee her strength: a vagabond and a runnagate shalt thou be in the earth.
13 Then Kain said to the Lord, My punishment is greater, then I can beare.
14 Behold, thou hast cast me out this day from the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and shalbe a vagabond, and a runnagate in the earth, and whosoeuer findeth me, shall slay me.
15 Then the Lord said vnto him, Doubtlesse whosoeuer slayeth Kain, he shalbe punished seue folde. And the Lord set a marke vpon Kain, lest any man finding him should kill him.
16 Then Kain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod towarde the Eastside of Eden.
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