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again bore a second, whose name was Abel. He began to be a shepherd of sheep; but Cain worked the ground. The story concerning them, then, contains more, but also the plan of the exegesis; therefore, the book itself, which is entitled 'Genesis of the world,' can teach the studious the details of the story more accurately. When, therefore, satan saw not only Adam and his wife living, but also having made children, over whom he had no power to inflict death, being moved by envy, when he saw Abel pleasing God, working in his brother who is called Cain, he made him kill his brother Abel. And thus death first began to make its way into this world, continuing until today upon the whole human race. But God, being merciful and wishing to provide an occasion for repentance and confession to Cain, just as also to Adam, said: "Where is Abel your brother?" But Cain answered God defiantly, saying: "I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?" Thus God, being angry with him, said: "What is this you have done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. And now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened to receive your brother's blood from your hand; you shall be groaning and trembling on the earth." Therefore, from that time, the earth, being afraid, no longer accepts the blood of man, nor of any animal; by which it is clear that it is not the cause, but the man who transgressed. Cain, therefore, also had a son whose name was Enoch. And he built a city, which he named after the name of his son, Enoch. From that time began the building of cities, and this was before the flood, not as Homer falsely says: "For a city of mortal men had not yet been built." And to Enoch was born a son named Irad; he begot the one called Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech. And Lamech took for himself two wives, whose names were Adah and Zillah. From that time began polygamy, but also music. For to Lamech were born three sons, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal. And Jabal became a man dwelling in tents, raising cattle, and Jubal is the one who introduced the psaltery and harp, and Tubal became a forger, a smith of bronze and iron. So, up to this point the line of Cain has been catalogued; and the remainder of his genealogical line has passed into oblivion, because he murdered his brother. But in the place of Abel, God granted Eve to conceive and bear a son, who is called Seth; from whom the remainder of the human race proceeds down to this day. And for those who are willing and eager to learn about all the generations, it is easy to demonstrate from the holy scriptures. For we have already given a partial account in another work, as we have said above, of the order of the genealogy in the first book of histories.

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ἔτι τεκεῖν δεύτερον, ᾧ ὄνομα Ἄβελ. ἤρξατο ποιμὴν εἶναι προ- βάτων· Κάϊν δὲ εἰργάζετο τὴν γῆν. τὰ μὲν οὖν κατ' αὐτοὺς πλείω ἔχει τὴν ἱστορίαν, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν οἰκονομίαν τῆς ἐξ- ηγήσεως· διὸ τὰ τῆς ἱστορίας τοὺς φιλομαθεῖς δύναται ἀκριβέστερον διδάξαι αὐτὴ ἡ βίβλος ἥτις ἐπιγράφεται Γένεσις κόσμου. Ὁπότε οὖν ἐθεάσατο ὁ σατανᾶς οὐ μόνον τὸν Ἀδὰμ καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ ζῶντας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τέκνα πεποιηκότας, ἐφ' ὧν οὐκ ἴσχυσεν θανατῶσαι αὐτοὺς φθόνῳ φερόμενος, ἡνίκα ἑώρα τὸν Ἄβελ εὐαρεστοῦντα τῷ θεῷ, ἐνεργήσας εἰς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν καλού- μενον Κάϊν ἐποίησεν ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἄβελ. καὶ οὕτως ἀρχὴ θανάτου ἐγένετο εἰς τόνδε τὸν κόσμον ὁδοιπορεῖν ἕως τοῦ δεῦρο ἐπὶ πᾶν γένος ἀνθρώπων. Ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἐλεήμων ὢν καὶ βουλόμενος ἀφορμὴν μετανοίας καὶ ἐξομολογήσεως παρασχεῖν τῷ Κάϊν, καθάπερ καὶ τῷ Ἀδάμ, εἶπεν· "Ποῦ Ἄβελ ὁ ἀδελφός σου;" ὁ δὲ Κάϊν ἀπεκρίθη ἀπειθῶς τῷ θεῷ εἰπών· Ὅὐ γινώσκω· μὴ φύλαξ εἰμὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου;" οὕτως ὀργισθεὶς αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς ἔφη· "Τί ἐποίησας τοῦτο; φωνὴ αἵματος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου βοᾷ πρός με ἐκ τῆς γῆς. καὶ νῦν ἐπικατάρατος σὺ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, ἣ ἔχανεν δέξασθαι τὸ αἷμα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου ἐκ χειρός σου· στένων καὶ τρέμων ἔσῃ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς." διὸ ἔκτοτε φοβηθεῖσα ἡ γῆ οὐκέτι ἀνθρώπου αἷμα παραδέχεται, ἀλλ' οὐδέ τινος ζώου· ᾗ φανερὸν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτὴ αἰτία, ἀλλ' ὁ παραβὰς ἄνθρωπος. Ὁ οὖν Κάϊν καὶ αὐτὸς ἔσχεν υἱὸν ᾧ ὄνομα Ἐνώχ. καὶ ᾠκο- δόμησεν πόλιν, ἣν ἐπωνόμασεν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἐνώχ. ἀπὸ τότε ἀρχὴ ἐγένετο τοῦ οἰκοδομεῖσθαι πόλεις, καὶ τοῦτο πρὸ κατακλυσμοῦ, οὐχ ὡς Ὅμηρος ψεύδεται λέγων· Oὐ γάρ πω πεπόλιστο πόλις μερόπων ἀνθρώπων. Τῷ δὲ Ἐνὼχ ἐγενήθη υἱὸς ὀνόματι Γαϊδάδ· ἐγέννησεν τὸν καλούμενον Μεήλ, καὶ Μεὴλ τὸν Μαθουσάλα, καὶ Μα- θουσάλα τὸν Λάμεχ. ὁ δὲ Λάμεχ ἔλαβεν ἑαυτῷ δύο γυναῖκας, αἷς ὀνόματα Ἀδᾶ καὶ Σελᾶ. ἔκτοτε ἀρχὴ ἐγένετο τῆς πολυμιξίας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς μουσικῆς. τῷ γὰρ Λάμεχ ἐγένοντο τρεῖς υἱοί, Ὠβὴλ, Ἰουβὰλ, Θοβέλ. καὶ ὁ μὲν Ὠβὴλ, ἐγένετο ἀνὴρ ἐν σκηναῖς κτηνοτροφῶν, Ἰουβὰλ δέ ἐστιν ὁ καταδείξας ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάραν, Θοβὲλ δὲ ἐγένετο σφυροκόπος χαλκεὺς χαλκοῦ καὶ σιδήρου. ἕως μὲν οὖν τούτου ἔσχεν τὸν κατάλογον τὸ σπέρμα τοῦ Κάϊν· καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν εἰς λήθην αὐτοῦ γέγονεν τὸ σπέρμα τῆς γενεαλογίας, διὰ τὸ ἀδελφοκτονῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν ἀδελφόν. Eἰς τὸν τόπον δὲ τοῦ Ἄβελ ἔδωκεν ὁ θεὸς συλλαβεῖν τὴν Eὔαν καὶ τεκεῖν υἱόν, ὃς κέκληται Σήθ· ἀφ' οὗ τὸ λοιπὸν γένος τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὁδεύει μέχρι τοῦ δεῦρο. τοῖς δὲ βουλομένοις καὶ φιλομαθέσιν καὶ περὶ πασῶν τῶν γενεῶν εὔκολόν ἐστιν ἐπιδεῖξαι διὰ τῶν ἁγίων γραφῶν. καὶ γὰρ ἐκ μέρους ἡμῖν γεγένηται ἤδη λόγος ἐν ἑτέρῳ λόγῳ, ὡς ἐπάνω προειρήκαμεν, τῆς γενεαλογίας ἡ τάξις ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ βίβλῳ τῇ περὶ ἱστοριῶν.