Genesis 4:14 (WEB)
Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.”
Catechism · 1
“Likewise, sin frequently manifests itself in the history of Israel, especially as infidelity to the God of the Covenant and as transgression of the Law of Moses. and even after Christ's atonement, sin raises its head in countless ways among Christians.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 4:3-15; 6:5, 12; Rom 1:18-32; I Cor 1-6; Rev 2-3.
Fathers and councils · 3
Tertullian
“Groaning and trembling shalt thou be upon the earth, and every one who shall have found thee shall slay thee.”” — editor's note: See Gen. iv. 2–14. But it is to be observed that the version given in our author differs widely in some particulars from the Heb. and the LXX.
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Basil the Great
“It is in answer to this that the Lord says, “Whosoever slayeth Cain will discharge seven vengeances.”” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 11, 12, 14, 15, LXX.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For Cain, too, said to God, “From Thy face I will hide myself;” yet we are not therefore compelled to admit that he was wont to behold the face of God with his bodily eyes in any visible form, although he had heard the voice of God questioning and speaking with him of his sin.” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 14
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