GE-4:1  And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare

Cain,

and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

GE-4:2  And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a

keeper of

sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

GE-4:3  And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain

brought of

the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

GE-4:4  And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock

and

of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his

offering:

GE-4:5  But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.

And Cain

was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

GE-4:6  And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why

is

thy countenance fallen?

GE-4:7  If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if

thou

doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be]

his

desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

GE-4:8  And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to

pass,

when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his

brother, and slew him.

GE-4:9  And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy

brother? And

he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother's keeper?

GE-4:10  And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy

brother's

blood crieth unto me from the ground.

GE-4:11  And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath

opened

her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

GE-4:12  When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth

yield

unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be

in the

earth.

GE-4:13  And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment [is] greater

than

I can bear.

GE-4:14  Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face

of the

earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a

fugitive and

a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, [that] every

one

that findeth me shall slay me.

GE-4:15  And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth

Cain,

vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a

mark

upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

GE-4:16  And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and

dwelt in

the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

GE-4:17  And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare

Enoch:

and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after

the name

of his son, Enoch.

GE-4:18  And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael:

and

Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

GE-4:19  And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one

[was]

Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

GE-4:20  And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell

in

tents, and [of such as have] cattle.

GE-4:21  And his brother's name [was] Jubal: he was the father

of all

such as handle the harp and organ.

GE-4:22  And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of

every

artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain [was]

Naamah.

GE-4:23  And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my

voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have

slain a

man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

GE-4:24  If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech

seventy and

sevenfold.

GE-4:25  And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and

called

his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another

seed

instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

GE-4:26  And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he

called

his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.



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