Cain envisions the rest of his life. The usage of the words fugitive
and wanderer
indicate the horror of man’s life without God: no rest. Idols always demand more: money, alcohol, drugs, sex, power… There is no life more terrible than a life without God.
14 Voici, tu me chasses aujourd'hui de cette terre; je serai caché loin de ta face, je serai errant et vagabond sur la terre, et quiconque me trouvera me tuera.