Genesis 4:13
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And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon.

Job 15:22 He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.

Revelation 16:9,11,21 And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these plagues. Neither did they penance to give him glory. . . .

Context
Cain Murders Abel
12When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth. 13And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon.14Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and from thy face I shall be hid, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: every one therefore that findeth me, shall kill me.…
Cross References
Genesis 4:12
When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.

Genesis 4:14
Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and from thy face I shall be hid, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: every one therefore that findeth me, shall kill me.

Lexicon
But Cain
קַ֖יִן (qa·yin)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7014: Cain -- a city in southern Judah

said
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

“My punishment
עֲוֺנִ֖י (‘ă·wō·nî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

[is] greater
גָּד֥וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

than I can bear.
מִנְּשֹֽׂא׃ (min·nə·śō)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take


Additional Translations
But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.And Cain said to the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven.

And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is too great to be borne.

And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

And Cain said to the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.

And Cain saith unto Jehovah, 'Greater is my punishment than to be borne;
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