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GENESIS · Chapter 4
4:1 And Adam had sexual contact with Eve his wife; and she conceived,
and bare Cain, and said, I have got a man from the LORD.
4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep,
but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the
fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of
the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain
was very angry, and his countenance fell.
4:6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your
countenance fallen?
4:7 If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not well,
sin lies at the door. And unto you shall be his desire, and you shall rule
over him.
4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when
they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and
slew him.
4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he
said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
4:10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood
cries unto me from the ground.
4:11 And now are you cursed from the earth, which has opened her mouth
to receive your brother's blood from your hand;
4:12 When you till the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto you
her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shall you be in the earth.
4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can
bear.
4:14 Behold, you have driven me out this day from the face of the earth;
and from your face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond
in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that finds me shall
slay me.
4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slays Cain, vengeance
shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest
any finding him should kill him.
4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in
the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and
he built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his
son, Enoch.
4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad brings forth Mehujael:
and Mehujael brings forth Methusael: and Methusael brings forth Lamech.
4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah,
and the name of the other Zillah.
4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents,
and of such as have cattle.
4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such
as handle the harp and organ.
4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of every artificer
in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice;
all of you wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a
man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
4:25 And Adam had sexual contact with his wife again; and she bare
a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, has appointed me another
seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his
name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
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