4:1 Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Eve said, “With the Lord’s help, I have given birth to a man.”
4:2 After that, Eve gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel took care of flocks, and Cain became a farmer.
4:3 Later, Cain brought some food from the ground as a gift to God.
4:4 Abel brought the best parts from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,
4:5 but he did not accept Cain and his gift. So Cain became very angry and felt rejected.
4:6 The Lord asked Cain, “Why are you angry? Why do you look so unhappy?
4:7 If you do things well, I will accept you, but if you do not do them well, sin is ready to attack you. Sin wants you, but you must rule over it.”
4:8 Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out into the field.” While they were out in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
4:9 Later, the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” Cain answered, “I don’t know. Is it my job to take care of my brother?”
4:10 Then the Lord said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.
4:11 And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother’s blood fell and where your hands killed him.
4:12 You will work the ground, but it will not grow good crops for you anymore, and you will wander around on the earth.”
4:13 Then Cain said to the Lord, “This punishment is more than I can stand!
4:14 Today you have forced me to stop working the ground, and now I must hide from you. I must wander around on the earth, and anyone who meets me can kill me.”
4:15 The Lord said to Cain, “No! If anyone kills you, I will punish that person seven times more.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain warning anyone who met him not to kill him.
4:16 So Cain went away from the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
4:17 He had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. At that time Cain was building a city, which he named after his son Enoch.
4:18 Enoch had a son named Irad, Irad had a son named Mehujael, Mehujael had a son named Methushael, and Methushael had a son named Lamech.
4:20 Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the first person to live in tents and raise cattle.
4:21 Jabal’s brother was Jubal, the first person to play the harp and flute.
4:22 Zillah gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who made tools out of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.
4:23 Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice! You wives of Lamech, listen to what I say. I killed a man for wounding me, a young man for hitting me.
4:24 If Cain’s killer is punished seven times, then Lamech’s killer will be punished seventy-seven times.”
4:25 Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth and said, “God has given me another child. He will take the place of Abel, who was killed by Cain.”
4:26 Seth also had a son, and they named him Enosh. At that time people began to pray to the Lord.
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