22 Then the Lord God said, ^g“Behold, the man has become ^hlike one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the ⁱtree of life and eat, and live forever—” 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to ^jwork the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

12 When you ^twork the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” 13 Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.¹ 14 Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be ^uhidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” 15 Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him ^vsevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him. 16 Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod,² east of Eden.

9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused¹ the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.