5 Unto thee shall he turn, and thou shalt rule over him. {This last phrase has also been translated: Be at peace: thine offering returns to thyself, and thou shalt again possess it. } (1CL) 6 And Cain said unto Abel his brother, Let us go over unto the plain. And it came to pass, while they Were in the plain, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him. (1CL) 7 Ye see, brethren, jealousy and envy wrought a brother's murder. (1CL)
1 Clement 4:5–7
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