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Genesis 4:16

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went: Genesis 4:14, Genesis 3:8; Exodus 20:18; 2 Kings 13:23, 2 Kings 24:20; Job 1:12, Job 2:7, Job 20:17; Psalms 5:11; Psalms 68:2; Jeremiah 23:39, Jeremiah 52:3; John 1:3, John 1:10; Matthew 18:20; Luke 13:26; 1 Thessalonians 1:9

Nod: So called from nad:, "a vagabond," which Cain is termed in Genesis 4:12.

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