1. Genèse 4:14 (NEG79)
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What does the words “fugitive” and “wanderer” indicate?

Genèse 4:14 (NEG79)

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.

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.