Genesis 4
1 And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.
The man slept with Eve his wife. She conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have produced a man with Yahweh's help.”
2 Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.
Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd, but Cain cultivated the soil.
3 And after a time, Cain gave to the Lord an offering of the fruits of the earth.
It came about that in the course of time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground as an offering to Yahweh.
4 And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering;
As for Abel, he brought some of the firstborn of his flock and some of the fat. Yahweh accepted Abel and his offering,
5 But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.
but Cain and his offering he did not accept. So Cain was very angry, and he scowled.
6 And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad?
Yahweh said to Cain, “Why are you angry and why are you scowling?
7 If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin crouches at the door and desires to control you, but you must rule over it.”
8 And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.
Cain spoke to Abel his brother. It came about that while they were in the fields, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
9 And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?
Then Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?”
10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.
Yahweh said, “What have you done? Your brother's blood is calling out to me from the ground.
11 And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;
Now cursed are you from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
12 No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.
When you cultivate the ground, from now on it will not yield to you its strength. A fugitive and a wanderer you will be in the earth.”
13 And Cain said, My punishment is greater than my strength.
Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
14 You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.
Indeed, you have driven me out this day from this ground, and I will be hidden from your face. I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
15 And the Lord said, Truly, if Cain is put to death, seven lives will be taken for his. And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one might put him to death.
Yahweh said to him, “If anyone kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” Then Yahweh put a mark on Cain, so that if anyone found him, that person would not attack him.
16 And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
So Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh and lived in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
17 And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.
Cain slept with his wife and she conceived. She gave birth to Enoch. He built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
18 And Enoch had a son Irad: and Irad became the father of Mehujael: and Mehujael became the father of Methushael: and Methushael became the father of Lamech.
To Enoch was born Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
19 And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Lamech took for himself two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah.
20 And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.
Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the father of those who lived in tents who have livestock.
21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.
His brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of those who play the harp and pipe.
22 And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, who is the father of every maker of cutting instruments of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
As for Zillah, she bore Tubal-Cain, the forger of tools of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.
23 And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, give ear to my voice; you wives of Lamech, give attention to my words, for I would put a man to death for a wound, and a young man for a blow;
Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen to my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say. For I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.
24 If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.
If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech will be avenged seventy-seven times.”
25 And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.
Adam slept with his wife again, and she bore another son. She called his name Seth and said, “God has given me another son in the place of Abel, for Cain killed him.”
26 And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
A son was born to Seth and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of Yahweh.
