CHAPTER 4
And Adam
had relations with
his wife
Eve,
and she conceived
and gave birth to
Cain.
“With the help of
the LORD
I have brought forth
a man,”
she said.
Later
she gave birth
to Cain’s brother
Abel.
Now
Abel
was
a keeper
of sheep,
but Cain
was a tiller
of the soil.
while Abel
brought
the best portions
of the firstborn
of his flock.
And the LORD
looked with favor
on
Abel
and
his offering,
but
He had no
regard
for
Cain
and his offering.
So Cain
became very
angry,
and his countenance
fell.
If
you do what is right,
will
you not
be accepted?
But if
you refuse to do what is right,
sin
is crouching
at your door;
you are
its object of desire,
but you
must master
it.”
Then Cain
said
to
his brother
Abel, “Let us go out to the field.”
And
while they were
in the field,
Cain
rose up
against
his brother
Abel
and killed him.
And the LORD
said
to
Cain,
“Where
is your brother
Abel?”
“I
do not
know!”
he answered.
“Am I my brother’s
keeper?”
“What
have you done?”
replied the LORD.
“The voice
of your brother’s
blood
cries out
to Me
from
the ground.
Now
you
are cursed and banished
from
the ground,
which
has opened
its mouth
to receive
your brother’s
blood
from your hand.
When
you till
the ground,
it will no
longer
yield
its produce
to you.
You will be
a fugitive
and a wanderer
on the earth.”
Behold,
this
day
You have driven me
from the face
of the earth,
and from
Your face
I will be hidden;
I will be
a fugitive
and a wanderer
on the earth,
and
whoever
finds me
will kill me.”
“Not so!”
replied
the LORD.
“If anyone
slays
Cain,
then Cain will be avenged
sevenfold.”
And the LORD
placed
a mark
on Cain,
so that no one
who found him
would kill
him.
And Cain
had relations with
his wife,
and she conceived
and gave birth to
Enoch.
Then
Cain built
a city
and named
it
after
his son
Enoch.
Now to Enoch
was born
Irad,
and Irad
was the father of
Mehujael,
and Mehujael
was the father of
Methusael,
and Methusael
was the father of
Lamech.
Zillah
also
gave birth to
Tubal-cain,
a forger
of every
implement
of bronze
and iron.
And the sister
of Tubal-cain
was Naamah.
Then Lamech
said
to his wives:
“Adah
and Zillah,
hear
my voice;
wives
of Lamech,
listen
to my speech.
For
I
have slain a man
for wounding me,
a young man
for striking me.
And Adam again had relations with
his wife,
and she gave birth to
a son
and named him
Seth,
saying,
“God
has granted
me
another
seed
in place
of Abel,
since
Cain
killed him.”
And to Seth
also
a son
was born,
and he called
him
Enosh.
At that time
men began
to call upon
the name
of the LORD.