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4:1  Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, ‘I have produced a man with the help of the Lord.’
4:2  Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground.
4:3  In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground,
4:4  and Abel for his part brought of the firstlings of his flock, their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,
4:5  but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
4:6  The Lord said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen?
4:7  If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.’
4:8  Cain said to his brother Abel, ‘Let us go out to the field.’ And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
4:9  Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’ He said, ‘I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?’
4:10  And the Lord said, ‘What have you done? Listen; your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!
4:11  And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
4:12  When you till the ground, it will no longer yield to you its strength; you will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.’
4:13  Cain said to the Lord, ‘My punishment is greater than I can bear!
4:14  Today you have driven me away from the soil, and I shall be hidden from your face; I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and anyone who meets me may kill me.’
4:15  Then the Lord said to him, ‘Not so! Whoever kills Cain will suffer a sevenfold vengeance.’ And the Lord put a mark on Cain, so that no one who came upon him would kill him.
4:16  Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
4:17  Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch; and he built a city, and named it Enoch after his son Enoch.
4:18  To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael the father of Methushael, and Methushael the father of Lamech.
4:19  Lamech took two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
4:20  Adah bore Jabal; he was the ancestor of those who live in tents and have livestock.
4:21  His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the ancestor of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
4:22  Zillah bore Tubal-cain, who made all kinds of bronze and iron tools. 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 have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
4:24  If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.’
4:25  Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, for she said, ‘God has appointed for me another child instead of Abel, because Cain killed him.’
4:26  To Seth also a son was born, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to invoke the name of the Lord.