1 Now the manhadrelations with his wifeEve, and she conceived and gavebirth to Cain, and she said, "I have gotten a manchild with the help of the LORD."
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Again, she gavebirth to his brotherAbel. And 1Abel was 2a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
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So it came about in the course* of time that Cainbrought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground.
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3Abel, on his partalsobrought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fatportions. And 4the LORDhadregard for Abel and for his offering;
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but 5for Cain and for his offering He hadnoregard. So 6Cainbecameveryangry and his countenancefell.
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Then the LORDsaid to Cain, "7Why are you angry? And why has your countenancefallen?
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"8If you dowell, will not your countenance be lifted up? 9And if you do not dowell, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, 10but you must master it."
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CaintoldAbel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cainrose up againstAbel his brother and 11killed him.
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Then the LORDsaid to Cain, "12Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother'skeeper?"
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He said, "What have you done? 13The voice of your brother'sblood is crying to Me from the ground.
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"Now14you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother'sblood from your hand.
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"15When you cultivate the ground, it will nolongeryield its strength to you; 16you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth."
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Cainsaid to the LORD, "My punishment is toogreat to bear!
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"Behold, You have 17driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and 18I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and 19whoeverfinds me will kill me."
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So the LORDsaid to him, "ThereforewhoeverkillsCain, vengeance will be taken on him 20sevenfold." And the LORD21appointed a sign for Cain, so that noonefinding him would slay him.
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Then Cainwent out from the presence22of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
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Cainhadrelations with his wife and she conceived, and gavebirth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the cityEnoch, after the name of his son.
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Now to Enoch was bornIrad, and Iradbecame the father of Mehujael, and Mehujaelbecame the father of Methushael, and Methushaelbecame the father of Lamech.
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Lamechtook to himself 23twowives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.
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Adahgavebirth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
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His brother'sname was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
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As for Zillah, she alsogavebirth to Tubal-cain, the forger of allimplements of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
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Lamechsaid to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, Listen to my voice, You wives of Lamech, Giveheed to my speech, 24For I have killed a man for wounding me; And a boy for striking me;
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IfCain is avenged25sevenfold, Then Lamechseventy-sevenfold."
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26Adamhadrelations with his wifeagain; and she gavebirth to a son, and named* him Seth, for, she said, "God has appointed me anotheroffspring in place of Abel, 27for Cainkilled him."
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To Seth, to him also28a son was born; and he called his nameEnosh. Then men began29to call upon the name of the LORD.