12 He then cast his brother into the pit he made, and
covered him with dust. But the ground would not receive
him; but it threw him up at once.
13 Again Cain dug the ground and hid his brother in it;
but again the ground threw him up on itself; until three times
the ground thus threw up on itself the body of Abel.
14 The muddy ground threw him up the first time,
because he was not the first creation; and it threw him up
the second time and would not receive him, because he was
righteous and good, and was killed without a cause; and the
ground threw him up the third time and would not receive
him, that there might remain before his brother a witness
against him.
15 And so the earth mocked Cain, until the Word of
God, came to him concerning his brother.
16 Then was God angry, and much displeased at Abel's
death; and He thundered from heaven, and lightnings went
before Him, and the Word of the Lord God came from heaven
to Cain, and said to him, "Where is Abel your brother?"
17 Then Cain answered with a proud heart and a gruff
voice, "How, O God? Am I my brother's keeper?"
18 Then God said to Cain, "Cursed be the earth that
has drunk the blood of Abel your brother; and as for you,
you will always be trembling and shaking; and this will be
a mark on you so that whoever finds you, will kill you.
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