5 Then Cain, when he came up to him, comforted him with his talk,
walking a little behind him; then he ran up to him and beat him
with the staff, blow after blow, until he was stunned.
6 But when Abel fell down on the ground, seeing that
his brother meant to kill him, he said to Cain, "O, my
brother, have pity on me. By the breasts we have sucked,
don't hit me! By the womb that bore us and that brought us
into the world, don't beat me to death with that staff!
If you will kill me, take one of these large stones
and kill me outright."
7 Then Cain, the hard-hearted, and cruel murderer,
took a large stone, and beat his brother's head with it,
until his brains oozed out, and he wallowed in his blood,
before him.
8 And Cain repented not of what he had done.
9 But the earth, when the blood of righteous Abel fell
on it, trembled, as it drank his blood, and would have
destroyed Cain because of it.
10 And the blood of Abel cried mysteriously to God, to
avenge him of his murderer.
11 Then Cain began at once to dig the ground wherein
to lay his brother; for he was trembling from the fear that
came over him, when he saw the earth tremble on his account.
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