1 And Adam
knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a
man [through God], from the LORD.
2 And she
again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a
tiller of the ground.
3 And in
process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground
an offering, [a sacrifice] unto the
LORD.
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:
5 But unto
Cain and to his offering, [his sacrifices],
he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, very sorrowful, and his countenance fell.
6 And the
LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? Why
art thou become very sorrowful, and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou
doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? Hast
thou not sinned if thou hast brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? And
if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his
desire; be still, to thee shall be his
submission, and thou shalt rule over him.
8 And Cain
talked with Abel his brother: Let us go
out into the plain; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that
Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 And the
LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I
my brother’s keeper?
10 And he
said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from
the ground.
11 And now
art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy
brother’s blood from thy hand;
12 When thou
tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the
Earth; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
13 And Cain
said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. My
crime [is] too great for me to be forgiven.
14 Behold, If 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 groaning and trembling upon the earth, 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.
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.
16 And Cain
went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the
east of Eden, over against Edem.
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.
18 And unto
Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and
Methusael begat Lamech.
19 And
Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of
the other Zillah.
20 And Adah
bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have
cattle.
21 And his
brother’s name was Jubal: [he it was who
invented the psaltery and harp] he was the father of all such as handle the
harp and organ.
22 And
Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, [he was
a smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron]; an instructer of every
artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
23 And
Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech,
hearken unto my speech: because [I have
slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief]; for I have slain a man
to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
24 If Cain
shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold [seventy times seven].
25 And Adam
knew his wife again; and she conceived
and bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed
me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
26 And to
Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord
God; then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
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