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Genesis 4

¹Now the man[1] Adam knew Eve as his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, "I have obtained a man (baby boy, son) with the help of the LORD."

²And [later] she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept the flocks [of sheep and goats], but Cain cultivated the ground.

³And in the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground.

⁴But Abel brought [an offering of] the [finest] firstborn of his flock and the[2] fat portions. And the LORD had respect (regard) for Abel and for his offering;

⁵but for Cain and his offering He had no respect. So Cain became extremely angry (indignant), and[3] he looked annoyed and hostile.

⁶And the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you so angry? And why do you look annoyed?

⁷If you do well [believing Me and doing what is acceptable and pleasing to Me], will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well [but ignore My instruction], sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you [to overpower you], but you must master it."

⁸Cain talked with Abel his brother [about what God had said]. And when they were [alone, working] in the field, Cain[4] attacked Abel his brother and killed him.

⁹Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he [lied and] said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

¹⁰The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's [innocent] blood is crying out to Me from the ground [for justice].

¹¹And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's [shed] blood from your hand.

¹²When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast]."

¹³Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.

¹⁴Behold, You have driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Your face (presence) I will be hidden, and I will be a fugitive and an [aimless] vagabond on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."

¹⁵And the LORD said to him, "[5] Therefore, whoever kills Cain, a sevenfold vengeance [that is, punishment seven times worse] shall be taken on him [by Me]." And the LORD set a [protective][6] mark (sign) on Cain, so that no one who found (met) him would kill him.

¹⁶So Cain went away from the [manifested] presence of the LORD, and lived in the land of Nod [wandering in exile], east of Eden.

¹⁷Cain knew his[7] wife [one of Adam's descendants] and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch; and Cain built a city and named it Enoch, after the name of his son.

¹⁸Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael became the father of Methushael, and Methushael became the father of Lamech.

¹⁹And Lamech took for himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.

²⁰Adah gave birth to Jabal; he became the father of those [nomadic herdsmen] who live in tents and have cattle and raise livestock.

²¹His brother's name was Jubal; he became the father of all those [musicians] who play the lyre and flute.

²²Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, the smith (craftsman) and teacher of every artisan in instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

²³Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; You wives of Lamech, Listen to what I say; For I have killed a man [merely] for wounding me, And a boy [only] for striking (bruising) me.

²⁴"If Cain is avenged sevenfold [as the LORD said he would be], Then Lamech [will be avenged][8] seventy-sevenfold."

²⁵Adam knew [Eve as] his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for [she said], "God has granted another child for me in place of Abel, because Cain killed him."

²⁶To Seth, also, a son was born, whom he named Enosh (mortal man, mankind). At that [same] time men began to call on the name of the LORD [in worship through prayer, praise, and thanksgiving].