Genesis 4
1 and [the] the man (Adam) to know [obj] Eve woman: wife his and to conceive and to beget [obj] Cain and to say to buy man with LORD
Adam (had sex/slept) with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom she named Cain, [which sounds like the word that means ‘produce’], because, she said, “By Yahweh’s help I have produced a son.” Some time later she gave birth to another son, and she named him Abel.
2 and to add: again to/for to beget [obj] brother: male-sibling his [obj] Abel and to be Abel to pasture flock and Cain to be to serve: labour land: soil
[After those boys grew up], Abel (tended/took care of) sheep and goats, and Cain became a farmer.
3 and to be from end day and to come (in): bring Cain from fruit [the] land: soil offering to/for LORD
One day Cain harvested some of the crops he had grown and brought them to Yahweh as a gift for him,
4 and Abel to come (in): bring also he/she/it from firstborn flock his and from fat their and to gaze LORD to(wards) Abel and to(wards) offering his
and Abel took from his flock some of the first lambs that had been born [and killed them] and, as a gift, gave to Yahweh the fatty parts, [which were the best parts]. Yahweh was pleased with Abel and his offering,
5 and to(wards) Cain and to(wards) offering his not to gaze and to be incensed to/for Cain much and to fall: angry face: angry his
but he was not pleased with Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face looked dejected.
6 and to say LORD to(wards) Cain to/for what? to be incensed to/for you and to/for what? to fall: fall face your
Yahweh said to Cain, “(You should not be angry!/Why are you angry?) [RHQ] (You should not scowl like that!/Why do you scowl like that?) [RHQ]
7 not if be good elevation and if not be good to/for entrance sin to stretch and to(wards) you desire his and you(m. s.) to rule in/on/with him
If you had done what was right (OR, if you do what is right) [RHQ], I would accept your offering. But if you do not do what is right, [your desire to] sin [is ready to attack you like a wild animal that] [PRS] crouches outside the doorway, [ready to spring on its victim] [MET]. [Your desire to] sin wants to control you, but you must (control/not obey) it.”
8 and to say Cain to(wards) Abel brother: male-sibling his (to go: went [the] land: country *X*) and to be in/on/with to be they in/on/with land: country and to arise: rise Cain to(wards) Abel brother: male-sibling his and to kill him
But one day, Cain said to his younger brother Abel, “Let’s go for a walk in the fields.” [So they went together]. And when they were in the countryside, suddenly Cain attacked Abel and killed him.
9 and to say LORD to(wards) Cain where? Abel brother: male-sibling your and to say not to know to keep: guard brother: male-sibling my I
[Later, even though] Yahweh [knew what Cain had done], he said to Cain, “[Do you know] where Abel, your younger brother, is?” Cain replied, “No, I do not know. (My job is not to guard my younger brother!/Am I supposed to take care of my younger brother?)” [RHQ]
10 and to say what? to make: do voice blood brother: male-sibling your to cry to(wards) me from [the] land: soil
Yahweh said, “You have done a terrible thing [RHQ]! So now [it is as though] your younger brother’s voice is crying to me from the ground, demanding that his death must be avenged.
11 and now to curse you(m. s.) from [the] land: soil which to open [obj] lip her to/for to take: recieve [obj] blood brother: male-sibling your from hand your
You have killed your younger brother, and the ground has soaked up his blood. So now I will expel you from this land and curse your efforts to produce crops.
12 for to serve: labour [obj] [the] land: soil not to add: again to give: give strength her to/for you to shake and to wander to be in/on/with land: country/planet
You will till the ground to plant crops, but the ground will produce very few [HYP] crops. And you will continually wander around the earth, and not have any place to live permanently.”
13 and to say Cain to(wards) LORD great: large iniquity: punishment my from to lift: bear
Cain replied, “You are punishing me more then I can endure.
14 look! to drive out: drive out [obj] me [the] day from upon face: surface [the] land: soil and from face your to hide and to be to shake and to wander in/on/with land: country/planet and to be all to find me to kill me
You are about to expel me from the ground [that I have been cultivating], and I will no longer be able to come (into your presence/and talk with you). Furthermore, I will be continually wandering around the earth with no place to live permanently, and anyone who sees me will kill me.”
15 and to say to/for him LORD to/for so all to kill Cain sevenfold to avenge and to set: put LORD to/for Cain sign: indicator to/for lest to smite [obj] him all to find him
But Yahweh said to him, “No, that will not happen. I will put a mark on you to warn anyone who sees you that [I will punish him severely if] he kills you. I will punish that person seven times as severely as I am punishing you.” Then Yahweh put a mark on Cain’s forehead.
16 and to come out: come Cain from to/for face LORD and to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet Nod east Eden
So Cain left Yahweh and went to live in the land called Nod, [which means ‘wandering’], which was east of Eden.
17 and to know Cain [obj] woman: wife his and to conceive and to beget [obj] Enoch and to be to build city and to call: call by name [the] city like/as name son: child his Enoch
Some time later, Cain (had sex/slept) with his wife, and she [became pregnant and] gave birth to a son, whom she named Enoch. Then Cain started to build a city, and he named the city ‘Enoch’, the same name that his son had.
18 and to beget to/for Enoch [obj] Irad and Irad to beget [obj] Mehujael and Mehujael to beget [obj] Methushael and Methushael to beget [obj] Lamech
Enoch [grew up and married and] became the father of a son whom he named Irad. When Irad [grew up he] became the father of a son whom he named Mehujael. Mehujael [grew up and] became the father of a son whom he named Methuselah. Methuselah [grew up and] became the father of Lamech.
19 and to take: marry to/for him Lamech two woman: wife name [the] one Adah and name [the] second Zillah
When Lamech [grew up he] married two women. The name of one was Adah and the other was Zillah.
20 and to beget Adah [obj] Jabal he/she/it to be father to dwell tent and livestock
Adah gave birth to [a son she named] Jabal.
21 and name brother: male-sibling his Jubal he/she/it to be father all to capture lyre and pipe
Later, Jabal was the first person who lived in tents because he traveled from place to place to take care of livestock. His younger brother’s name was Jubal. He was the first person who made/played a (lyre/stringed instrument) and a flute.
22 and Zillah also he/she/it to beget [obj] Tubal-cain Tubal-cain to sharpen all to plow/plot bronze and iron and sister Tubal-cain Tubal-cain Naamah
[Lamech’s other wife] Zillah gave birth to a son whom she named Tubal-Cain. Later Tubal-Cain became a (blacksmith/one who made tools from bronze and iron). Tubal-Cain had a younger sister whose name was Naamah.
23 and to say Lamech to/for woman: wife his Adah and Zillah to hear: hear voice my woman: wife Lamech to listen word my for man to kill to/for wound my and youth to/for wound my
One day Lamech said to his two wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen carefully to what I am saying. A young man struck me and wounded me, so I killed him.
24 for sevenfold to avenge Cain and Lamech seventy and seven
Yahweh said long ago that he would avenge and punish anyone who killed Cain seven times as much as he punished Cain [for killing his younger brother]. So if anyone [tries to] kill me, I will punish him 77 times as much [as Yahweh punished Cain].”
25 and to know Adam still [obj] woman: wife his and to beget son: child and to call: call by [obj] name his Seth for to set: appoint to/for me God seed: children another underneath: instead Abel for to kill him Cain
Adam continued to (have sex/sleep) with [EUP] his wife, and she [became pregnant and] gave birth to another son, whom she named Seth, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘given’], because, she said, “God has given me another child to take the place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
26 and to/for Seth also he/she/it to beget son: child and to call: call by [obj] name his Enosh then to profane/begin: begin to/for to call: call to in/on/with name LORD
When Seth grew up, he became the father of a son whom he named Enosh. About that time people began to worship Yahweh [again].
