{"book":"Genesis","slug":"genesis","ch":4,"genre":"prose","sub":"The First Book of Moses","prev":"genesis/3","next":"genesis/5","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain.“ With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.","f":["Cain sounds like the Hebrew for acquired or brought forth."],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain."},{"style":"reg","t":"“ With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said."}],"h":"Cain and Abel","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Later she gave birth to [Cain’s] brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Later she gave birth to [Cain’s] brother Abel."},{"style":"reg","t":"Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":3,"t":"So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock."},{"style":"reg","t":"And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"“ Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain,“ and why has your countenance fallen?","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"If you do what is right, {will} you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”","f":["Or it desires to control you"]},{"v":8,"t":"Then Cain said to his brother Abel, [“Let us go out to the field.”] And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.","f":["SP, LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; Hebrew Then Cain spoke to his brother Abel."],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"And the LORD said to Cain,“ Where [is] your brother Abel?” “ I do not know!” he answered.“ {Am} I my brother’s keeper?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"And the LORD said to Cain,“ Where [is] your brother Abel?”"},{"style":"reg","t":"“ I do not know!” he answered.“ {Am} I my brother’s keeper?”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"“ What have you done?” replied [the LORD].“ The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"Now you [are] cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"When you till the ground, {it will} no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"But Cain said to the LORD,“ My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.","f":["Or guilt or sin"],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I {will} be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me {will} kill me.”","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"“ Not so!” replied the LORD.“ If anyone slays Cain, [then Cain] will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.","f":["LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac; Hebrew “Very well!” or “Therefore:”"],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.","f":["Nod means wandering."],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then [Cain] built a city and named [it] after his son Enoch.","f":[],"h":"The Descendants of Cain","style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and [raise] livestock.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"And his brother’s name [was] Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain [was] Naamah.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"Then Lamech said to his wives:“ Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain [a man] for wounding me, a young man for striking me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Then Lamech said to his wives:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"wives of Lamech, listen to my speech."},{"style":"indent1","t":"For I have slain [a man] for wounding me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a young man for striking me."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":24,"t":"If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”","f":["Hebrew; LXX can be translated as either seventy times seven or seventy-sevenfold; see also Matthew 18:22."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If Cain is avenged sevenfold,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying,“ God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”","f":["Seth probably means granted or appointed."],"h":"Seth and Enosh","style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time [men] began to call upon the name of the LORD.","f":["Or to proclaim; some translators to invoke or to call themselves by or to profane"],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh."},{"style":"reg","t":"At that time [men] began to call upon the name of the LORD."}],"style":"reg"}]}