Gen 4 | ABEn | STEP | And Adam knew Eve his wife. And conceiving, she bore Cain, and said, I acquired a man through God.

‏ Genesis 4

CHAPTER 4 Cain and Abel

1 And Adam knew Eve his wife. And conceiving, she bore Cain, and said, I acquired a man through God. 2 And she added to bear his brother, Abel. And Abel became a shepherd of sheep, but Cain was working the land. 3 And it came to pass after some days, Cain brought from the fruits of the land a sacrifice to the lord. 4 And Abel brought also himself from the first-born of his sheep, and from his fatlings. And God looked upon Abel and upon his gifts. 5 But upon Cain and upon his sacrifices, he did not take heed. And Cain fretted exceedingly, and became downcast in the face. 6 And [³said ¹the lord ²God] to Cain, Why [²dejected ¹are you], and why is [²downcast ¹your face]? 7 If not rightly you brought, [³rightly ¹but ²not] divided, you sinned? Be still, to you shall be his submission, and you will control him! 8 And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go into the plain. And it came to pass in their being in the plain, Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him. 9 And [³said ¹the lord ²God] to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I do not know, [²not ³the keeper ⁴of my brother ¹I am]. 10 And the lord said, What did you do? The voice of the blood of your brother yells to me from the ground. 11 And now, accursed are you from the earth which gaped wide her mouth to take the blood of your brother from your hand. 12 When you work the ground, and it does not add [²her strength ¹to give] to you; then in moaning and trembling you will be upon the earth. 13 And Cain said to the lord, [²is too great ¹My fault] to forgive me. 14 If you cast me today from the face of the earth, and from your face, I will hide, and I will be moaning and trembling upon the earth; and it will be all the ones finding me will kill me. 15 And [³said ⁴to him ¹the lord ²God], Not so, all killing Cain [³seven times ²by punishing ¹will be disabled]. And [³put ¹the lord ²God] a sign to Cain [⁴to not ⁵do away with ⁶him ¹for all ²finding ³him]. 16 [³went forth ¹And ²Cain] from the face of God, and he lived in the land of Nod, over against Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife. And she, conceiving, bore Enoch. And he was building a city, and he named the city after the name of his son Enoch. 18 [³was born ¹And ²to Enoch] Irad; and Irad procreated Mehujael; and Mehujael procreated Methusael; and Methusaela procreated Lamech. 19 And [²took ³to himself ¹Lamech] two wives; the name to the one was Adah, and the name to the second was Zillah. 20 And Adah bore Jabel, this one was father of the ones living in tents, grazing cattle. 21 And the name to his brother was Jubal, this one was the one introducing the psaltery and the harp. 22 But Zillah also herself bore Tubal-cain, and he was a hammer-smith brazier of brass and of iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. 23 [³said ¹And ²Lamech] to his own wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, O wives of Lamech! Give ear to my words! for [²a man ¹I killed] for giving a wound to me, and a young man for giving a stripe to me. 24 For [²seven times ¹punishment] is for Cain, but for Lamech, seventy times seven. 25 [³knew ¹And ²Adam] Eve his wife. And conceiving, she bore a son, and named his name Seth, saying, [³raised up ¹For ⁴to me ²God ⁶seed ⁵another] instead of Abel, whom Cain killed. 26 And to Seth was born a son. And he named his name Enos; this one hoped to call upon the name of the lord God.