Now Adam had sexual relations with
his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said,
“With the Lord’s help, I have produced a man!” Later she gave birth
to his brother and named him Abel.
When
they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the
ground. When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops
as a gift to the Lord. Abel also brought a gift—the best portions of
the firstborn lambs from his flock.
The Lord accepted
Abel and his gift, but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain
very angry, and he looked dejected.
“Why
are you so angry?” the Lord asked Cain. “Why do you look so
dejected? You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse
to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to
control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”
One day Cain suggested to his brother, “Let’s go out into
the fields.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother,
Abel, and killed him.
Afterward
the Lord asked Cain, “Where is your brother? Where is Abel?” “I don’t know,” Cain responded. “Am I my brother’s
guardian?”
But
the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood
cries out to me from the ground! Now you are cursed and banished from the
ground, which has swallowed your brother’s blood. No longer will the
ground yield good crops for you, no matter how hard you work! From now on you
will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”
Cain
replied to the Lord, “My punishment is too great for me to
bear! You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you
have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!”
The Lord replied, “No, for I will give a seven-fold punishment
to anyone who kills you.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to
warn anyone who might try to kill him. So Cain left the Lord’s
presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Cain
had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to
Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his
son. Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael.
Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of
Lamech.
Lamech
married two women. The first was named Adah, and the second was
Zillah. Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the first of those who raise
livestock and live in tents. His brother’s name was Jubal, the first of
all who play the harp and flute. Lamech’s other wife, Zillah, gave birth
to a son named Tubal-cain. He became an expert in forging tools of bronze and
iron. Tubal-cain had a sister named Naamah.
One
day Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah
and Zillah, hear my voice;
listen to me, you wives of Lamech.
I have killed a man who attacked me,
a young man who wounded me.
If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times,
then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!”
listen to me, you wives of Lamech.
I have killed a man who attacked me,
a young man who wounded me.
If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times,
then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!”
Adam
had sexual relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to another son.
She named him Seth, for she said, “God has granted me another son in place
of Abel, whom Cain killed.” When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him
Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the Lord by name.
~ Source : Genesis 4 [Holy Bible - NLT] from https://www.biblegateway.com
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