And the LORD said unto him,
Therefore whosoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken
on him sevenfold.
And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Set a mark The more common opinion of the interpreters of holy writ, supposes this mark to have been a trembling of the body; or a horror and consternation in his countenance. (Challoner)
God gave this first murderer a reprieve, allowing him time for repentance; but he neglected it, and died a reprobate; having been, during life, the head of an apostate church, and of the city of the devil, which has ever since opposed the city of God, and the society of the faithful. Though all his posterity were drowned in the deluge, some were soon found, even in the family of Noe, who stood up for the wretched pre-eminence in wickedness and rebellion, against the truth. See St. Augustine; Worthington; (Haydock)
