Genesis 4
1 Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have obtained a man through God.”
And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and brought forth Cain and said, I have gained a man through God.
2 And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer.
And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3 Then it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earth.
And it was so after some time that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a sacrifice to the Lord.
4 Abel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his gifts.
And Abel also brought of the first born of his sheep and of his fatlings, and God looked upon Abel and his gifts,
5 Yet in truth, he did not look with favor on Cain and his gifts. And Cain was vehemently angry, and his countenance fell.
but Cain and his sacrifices he regarded not, and Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell.
6 And the Lord said to him: “Why are you angry? And why is your face fallen?
And the Lord God said to Cain, Why are you become very sorrowful and why is your countenance fallen?
7 If you behave well, will you not receive? But if you behave badly, will not sin at once be present at the door? And so its desire will be within you, and you will be dominated by it.”
Hast you not sinned if you have brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? be still, to you shall be his submission, and you shall rule over him.
8 And Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go outside.” And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and he put him to death.
And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him.
9 And the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” And he responded: “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper?
10 And he said to him: “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to me from the land.
And the Lord said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me out of the ground.
11 Now, therefore, you will be cursed upon the land, which opened its mouth and received the blood of your brother at your hand.
And now you [are] cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
12 When you work it, it will not give you its fruit; a vagrant and a fugitive shall you be upon the land.”
When you till the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to you: you shall be groaning and trembling on the earth.
13 And Cain said to the Lord: “My iniquity is too great to deserve kindness.
And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime [is] too great for me to be forgiven.
14 Behold, you have cast me out this day before the face of the earth, and from your face I will be hidden; and I will be a vagrant and a fugitive on the earth. Therefore, anyone who finds me will kill me.”
If you cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from your presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one that finds me shall kill me.
15 And the Lord said to him: “By no means will it be so; rather, whoever would kill Cain, will be punished sevenfold.” And the Lord placed a seal upon Cain, so that anyone who found him would not put him to death.
And the Lord God said to him, Not so, any one that slays Cain shall suffer sevenfold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might kill him.
16 And so Cain, departing from the face of the Lord, lived as a fugitive on the earth, toward the eastern region of Eden.
So Cain went forth from the presence of God and lived in the land of Nod over against Edem.
17 Then Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. And he built a city, and he called its name by the name of his son, Enoch.
And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
18 Thereafter, Enoch conceived Irad, and Irad conceived Mahujael, and Mahujael conceived Mathusael, and Mathusael conceived Lamech.
And to Enoch was born Gaidad; and Gaidad begot Maleleel; and Maleleel begot Mathusala; and Mathusala begot Lamech.
19 Lamech took two wives: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah.
And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the second Sella.
20 And Adah conceived Jabel, who was the father of those who live in tents and are shepherds.
And Ada bore Jobel; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle.
21 And the name of his brother was Jubal; he was the father of those who sing to the harp and the organ.
And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who invented the lute and harp.
22 Zillah also conceived Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and artisan in every work of brass and iron. In fact, the sister of Tubalcain was Noema.
And Sella also bore Thobel; he was a smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron; and the sister of Thobel was Noema.
23 And Lamech said to his wives Adah and Zillah: “Listen to my voice, you wives of Lamech, pay attention to my speech. For I have killed a man to my own harm, and an adolescent to my own bruising.
And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, you wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief.
24 Sevenfold vengeance will be given for Cain, but for Lamech, seventy-seven times.”
Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's [it shall be] seventy times seven.
25 Adam also knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son, and she called his name Seth, saying, “God has given me another offspring, in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.”
And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, For God has raised up to me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.
26 But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos. This one began to invoke the name of the Lord.
And Seth had a son, and he called his name Enos: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God.
