Gen 4
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And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have
gotten a man with [the help of] YHWH.
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And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was
a tiller of the ground.
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And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground
an offering to YHWH.
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And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of its fat. And
YHWH had respect to Abel and to his offering:
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but to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his
countenance fell.
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And YHWH said to Cain, Why are you wroth? and why is your countenance fallen?
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If you do well, shall it not be lifted up? and if you do not well, sin couches at
the door: and to you shall be its desire, but do you rule over it.
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And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field,
that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
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And YHWH said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I know not: am I my
brother`s keeper?
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And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother`s blood cries to me from
the ground.
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And now cursed are you from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your
brother`s blood from your hand;
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when you till the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to you its strength; a fugitive
and a wanderer shall you be in the earth.
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And Cain said to YHWH, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
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Behold, you have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from your
face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it
will come to pass, that whoever finds me will slay me.
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And YHWH said to him, Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him
sevenfold. And YHWH appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.
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And Cain went out from the presence of YHWH, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the
east of Eden.
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And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he built a city, and
called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
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And to Enoch was born Irad: and Irad engendered Mehujael: and Mehujael engendered
Methushael; and Methushael engendered Lamech.
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And Lamech took to him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the
other Zillah.
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And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and [have] cattle.
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And his brother`s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp
and pipe.
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And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass
and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
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And Lamech said to his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; You wives of Lamech,
hearken to my speech: For I have slain a man for wounding me, And a young man for
bruising me:
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If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
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And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth. For, [said
she], God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.
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And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then
began men to call upon the name of YHWH.