Answer: friend, mate or ally
Explanation:
<span>God is merciful(will not abandon you), sin deserves punishment; the mark was that since Cain killed able people were out to kill Cain but god out a mark on him so he could not be killed.</span>
<span>Usually, for literal questions there is no one actual answer and it either can include multiple replies or no answers at all, depends on the context. Also, such question can put the listener into an awkward situation so that he would feel mixed and confused, for instance :
''why would Mr. Yallow want to ruin the system?"</span>