3 And he slew him in the field: and his blood cried from the ground to heaven, complaining because he had slain him. (JUB) 4 And the Lord reproved Cain because of Abel, because he had slain him, and he made him a fugitive on the earth because of the blood of his brother, and he cursed him upon the earth. (JUB) 5 And on this account it is written on the heavenly tables, 'Cursed is ,he who smites his neighbour treacherously, and let all who have seen and heard say, So be it; and the man who has seen and not declared (it), let him be accursed as the other.' (JUB)
Book of Jubilees 4:3–5
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