Gen 4:13-14 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 4:13-14: 4:13-14 For Cain, eviction from the land —the domain of his vocation as a farmer (see 4:2 ; cp. 3:23 )—amounted to exile from God’s presence. The Israelites were warned that unfaithfulness to the Sinai covenant would similarly result in eviction from the Promised Land and from God’s presence in the Temple (see, e.g., Lev 26:27-32 ).

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‏ Genesis 4:13-14

Summary for Gen 4:13-14: 4:13-14 ^a For Cain, eviction from the land—the domain of his vocation as a farmer (see 4:2 ^b; cp. 3:23 ^c)—amounted to exile from God’s presence. The Israelites were warned that unfaithfulness to the Sinai covenant would similarly result in eviction from the Promised Land and from God’s presence in the Temple (see, e.g., Lev 26:27-32 ^d).