Genesis 4
1 Adam vero cognovit uxorem suam Hevam, quæ concepit et peperit Cain, dicens: Possedi hominem per Deum.
And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and brought forth Cain and said, I have gained a man through God.
2 Rursumque peperit fratrem ejus Abel. Fuit autem Abel pastor ovium, et Cain agricola.
And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3 Factum est autem post multos dies ut offerret Cain de fructibus terræ munera Domino.
And it was so after some time that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a sacrifice to the Lord.
4 Abel quoque obtulit de primogenitis gregis sui, et de adipibus eorum: et respexit Dominus ad Abel, et ad munera ejus.
And Abel also brought of the firstborn of his sheep and of his fatlings, and God looked upon Abel and his gifts,
5 Ad Cain vero, et ad munera illius non respexit: iratusque est Cain vehementer, et concidit vultus ejus.
but Cain and his sacrifices he regarded not, and Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell.
6 Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Quare iratus es? et cur concidit facies tua?
And the Lord God said to Cain, Why art thou become very sorrowful and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 nonne si bene egeris, recipies: sin autem male, statim in foribus peccatum aderit? sed sub te erit appetitus ejus, et tu dominaberis illius.
Hast thou not sinned if thou hast brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? be still, to thee shall be his submission, and thou shalt rule over him.
8 Dixitque Cain ad Abel fratrem suum: Egrediamur foras. Cumque essent in agro, consurrexit Cain adversus fratrem suum Abel, et interfecit eum.
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 slew him.
9 Et ait Dominus ad Cain: Ubi est Abel frater tuus? Qui respondit: Nescio: num custos fratris mei sum ego?
And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper?
10 Dixitque ad eum: Quid fecisti? vox sanguinis fratris tui clamat ad me de terra.
And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood cries to me out of the ground.
11 Nunc igitur maledictus eris super terram, quæ aperuit os suum, et suscepit sanguinem fratris tui de manu tua.
And now thou [art] cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
12 Cum operatus fueris eam, non dabit tibi fructus suos: vagus et profugus eris super terram.
When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth.
13 Dixitque Cain ad Dominum: Major est iniquitas mea, quam ut veniam merear.
And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime [is] too great for me to be forgiven.
14 Ecce ejicis me hodie a facie terræ, et a facie tua abscondar, et ero vagus et profugus in terra: omnis igitur qui invenerit me, occidet me.
If thou castest me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one that finds me shall slay me.
15 Dixitque ei Dominus: Nequaquam ita fiet: sed omnis qui occiderit Cain, septuplum punietur. Posuitque Dominus Cain signum, ut non interficeret eum omnis qui invenisset eum.
And the Lord God said to him, Not so, any one that slays Cain shall suffer seven-fold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might slay him.
16 Egressusque Cain a facie Domini, habitavit profugus in terra ad orientalem plagam Eden.
So Cain went forth from the presence of God and dwelt in the land of Nod over against Edem.
17 Cognovit autem Cain uxorem suam, quæ concepit, et peperit Henoch: et ædificavit civitatem, vocavitque nomen ejus ex nomine filii sui, Henoch.
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 Porro Henoch genuit Irad, et Irad genuit Maviaël, et Maviaël genuit Mathusaël, et Mathusaël genuit Lamech.
And to Enoch was born Gaidad; and Gaidad begot Maleleel; and Maleleel begot Mathusala; and Mathusala begot Lamech.
19 Qui accepit duas uxores, nomen uni Ada, et nomen alteri Sella.
And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the second Sella.
20 Genuitque Ada Jabel, qui fuit pater habitantium in tentoriis, atque pastorum.
And Ada bore Jobel; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle.
21 Et nomen fratris ejus Jubal: ipse fuit pater canentium cithara et organo.
And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who invented the psaltery and harp.
22 Sella quoque genuit Tubalcain, qui fuit malleator et faber in cuncta opera æris et ferri. Soror vero Tubalcain, Noëma.
And Sella also bore Thobel; he was a smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron; and the sister of Thobel was Noëma.
23 Dixitque Lamech uxoribus suis Adæ et Sellæ: [Audite vocem meam, uxores Lamech; auscultate sermonem meum: quoniam occidi virum in vulnus meum, et adolescentulum in livorem meum.
And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief.
24 Septuplum ultio dabitur de Cain: de Lamech vero septuagies septies.]
Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's [it shall be] seventy times seven.
25 Cognovit quoque adhuc Adam uxorem suam: et peperit filium, vocavitque nomen ejus Seth, dicens: Posuit mihi Deus semen aliud pro Abel, quem occidit Cain.
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 slew.
26 Sed et Seth natus est filius, quem vocavit Enos: iste cœpit invocare nomen Domini.
And Seth had a son, and he called his name Enos: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God.
