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4:1  Adam had intimate relations with his wife Eve. 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 sheep. Cain became a farmer.
4:3  Later, Cain brought a gift to God. He brought some food from the ground.
4:4  Abel brought the best parts of his best sheep. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift.
4:5  But God did not accept Cain and his gift. Cain became very angry and looked unhappy.
4:6  The Lord asked Cain, “Why are you angry? Why do you look so unhappy?
4:7  If you do good, I will accept you. But if you do not do good, 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.” So Cain and Abel went into the field. Then 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 on the ground. That blood is like a voice that tells me what happened.
4:11  And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground. It is the same ground where your brother’s blood fell. Your hands killed him.
4:12  You will work the ground. But it will not grow good crops for you anymore. 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  Look! You have forced me to stop working the ground. And now I must hide from you. I will wander around on the earth. And anyone who meets me can kill me.”
4:15  Then 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. It was a warning to anyone who met him not to kill him.
4:16  Then Cain went away from the Lord. Cain lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
4:17  Cain had intimate relations with his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. At that time Cain was building a city. He named it 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.
4:19  Lamech married two women. One wife was named Adah, and the other was Zillah.
4:20  Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the first person to live in tents and raise cattle.
4:21  Jabal’s brother was Jubal. Jubal was the first person to play the harp and flute.
4:22  Zillah gave birth to Tubal-Cain. He 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. I killed a young man for hitting me.
4:24  Cain’s killer may be punished 7 times. Then Lamech’s killer will be punished 77 times.”
4:25  Adam had intimate relations with his wife Eve again. And she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth. Eve 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. They named him Enosh. At that time people began to pray to the Lord.