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 Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”