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4 : 1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying,I have gottena man with the help of theLord.
4 : 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.
4 : 3 In the course of time Cain brought to theLordan offering ofthe fruit of the ground,
4 : 4 and Abel also brought ofthe firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And theLordhad regard for Abel and his offering,
4 : 5 butfor Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
4 : 6 TheLordsaid to Cain,Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?
4 : 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted?And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door.Its desire is foryou, but you must rule over it.
4 : 8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother.And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel andkilled him.
4 : 9 Then theLordsaid to Cain,Where is Abel your brother?He said,I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?
4 : 10 And theLordsaid,What have you done? The voice of your brother's bloodis crying to me from the ground.
4 : 11 And nowyou are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
4 : 12 When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.
4 : 13 Cain said to theLord,Mypunishment is greater than I can bear.
4 : 14 Behold,you have driven me today away from the ground, andfrom your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth,and whoever finds me will kill me.
4 : 15 Then theLordsaid to him,Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on himsevenfold.And theLordput a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him.
4 : 16 Then Cain went away from the presence of theLordand settled in the land of Nod,east of Eden.
4 : 17 Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
4 : 18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech.
4 : 19 And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
4 : 20 Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
4 : 21 His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
4 : 22 Zillah also bore Tubal-cain; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
4 : 23 Lamech said to his wives:Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say:I have killed a man for wounding me,a young man for striking me.
4 : 24 If Cain's revenge is sevenfold,then Lamech's is seventy-sevenfold.
4 : 25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said,God has appointedfor me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.
4 : 26 ToSeth also a son was born, and he called his nameEnosh. At that time people beganto call upon the name of theLord.