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The LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Genesis 4:9 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીઉત્પત્તિ ૪:૯
પછી ઈશ્વરે કાઈનને કહ્યું, “તારો ભાઈ હાબેલ ક્યાં છે? “તેણે કહ્યું, “હું જાણતો નથી? શું હું મારા ભાઈનો રખેવાળ છું?”
हिन्दीउत्पत्ति ४:९
तब यहोवा ने कैन से पूछा, “तेरा भाई हाबिल कहाँ है?” उसने कहा, “मालूम नहीं; क्या मैं अपने भाई का रखवाला हूँ?”

In context

7If you do well, won’t it be lifted up? If you don’t do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.”

8Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.” While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.

9The LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

10The LORD said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.

11Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

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