Genesis 4
1 And Adam knew Eve his wife: who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God.
And the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceives and bears Cain, and says, “I have acquired a man by YHWH”;
2 And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman.
and she adds to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain has been servant of the ground.
3 And it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord.
And it comes to pass at the end of days that Cain brings from the fruit of the ground a present to YHWH;
4 Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat: and the Lord had respect to Abel, and to his offerings.
and Abel, he has brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, and from their fat ones; and YHWH looks to Abel and to his present,
5 But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain was exceedingly angry, and his countenance fell.
and to Cain and to his present He has not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.
6 And the Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is thy countenance fallen?
And YHWH says to Cain, “Why do you have displeasure? And why has your countenance fallen?
7 If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the door? but the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it.
Is there not, if you do well, acceptance? And if you do not do well, sin [[or a sin-offering]] is lying at the opening, and its [[or His]] desire [is] for you, and you rule over it [[or by Him]].”
8 And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him.
And Cain says to his brother Abel, [[“Let us go into the field”; ]] and it comes to pass in their being in the field, that Cain rises up against his brother Abel, and slays him.
9 And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered, I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?
And YHWH says to Cain, “Where [is] your brother Abel?” And he says, “I have not known; am I my brother’s keeper?”
10 And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth to me from the earth.
And He says, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground;
11 Now, therefore, cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand.
and now, cursed [are] you from the ground, which has opened her mouth to receive the blood of your brother from your hand;
12 When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.
when you till the ground, it will not add to give its strength to you—a wanderer, even a trembling one, you are in the earth.”
13 And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon.
And Cain says to YHWH, “My punishment is too great than to bear;
14 Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy face, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: every one, therefore, that findeth me, shall kill me.
behold, You have driven me today from off the face of the ground, and from Your face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it has been—everyone finding me will slay me.”
15 And the Lord said to him: No, it shall not be so: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be punished sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him.
And YHWH says to him, “Therefore, of any slayer of Cain it is required sevenfold”; and YHWH sets to Cain a token that none finding him will slay him.
16 And Cain went out from the face of the Lord, and dwelt as a fugitive on the earth, at the east side of Eden.
And Cain goes out from before YHWH, and dwells in the land, moving about east of Eden;
17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and brought forth Henoch: and he built a city, and called the name thereof by the name of his son Henoch.
and Cain knows his wife, and she conceives, and bears Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calls the name of the city, according to the name of his son—Enoch.
18 And Henoch begot Irad, and Irad begot Maviael, and Maviael begot Mathusael, and Mathusael begot Lamech:
And born to Enoch is Irad; and Irad has begotten Mehujael; and Mehujael has begotten Methusael; and Methusael has begotten Lamech.
19 Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other Sella.
And Lamech takes to himself two wives, the name of the first Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.
20 And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.
And Adah bears Jabal, he has been father of those inhabiting tents and [having] purchased livestock;
21 And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs.
and the name of his brother [is] Jubal, he has been father of everyone handling harp and pipe.
22 Sella also brought forth Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and artificer in every work of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Noema.
And Zillah, she also bears Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron; and a sister of Tubal-Cain [is] Naamah.
23 And Lamech said to his wives Ada and Sella: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man to the wounding of myself, and a stripling to my own bruising.
And Lamech says to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, give ear [to] my saying: For I have slain a man for my wound, Even a young man for my hurt;
24 Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.
For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
25 Adam also knew his wife again: and she brought forth a son, and called his name Seth, saying: God hath given me another seed, for Abel whom Cain slew.
And Adam again knows his wife, and she bears a son, and calls his name Seth, “for God has appointed for me another seed instead of Abel”: for Cain had slain him.
26 But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos; this man began to call upon the name of the Lord.
And to Seth, to him also a son has been born, and he calls his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the Name of YHWH.
