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4:1  The man was intimate with Eve, his wife. She conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have gotten a man with the Lord.”
4:2  She also gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel tended sheep, but Cain worked the ground.
4:3  As time passed, one day Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit of the soil.
4:4  Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. The Lord looked favorably on Abel and his offering,
4:5  but he did not look favorably on Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and his face showed it.
4:6  The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why do you have that angry look on your face?
4:7  If you do good, will you not be lifted up? If you do not do good, sin is crouching at the door. It has a strong desire for you, but you must rule over it.”
4:8  Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.” When they were in the field, Cain attacked Abel, his brother, and killed him.
4:9  The Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
4:10  The Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the soil.
4:11  Now you are cursed and sent away from the soil which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
4:12  When you work the soil, it will no longer give its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
4:13  Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is too great for me to bear.
4:14  Look, today you have driven me away from the soil. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth. And whoever finds me will kill me.”
4:15  The Lord said to him, “No! If anyone kills Cain, he will face sevenfold revenge.” And the Lord appointed a sign for Cain, so that anyone who found him would not strike him down.
4:16  Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
4:17  Cain was intimate with his wife. She conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Cain built a city and named the city after his son Enoch.
4:18  To Enoch, Irad was born. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
4:19  Lamech took two wives. The name of one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah.
4:20  Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the predecessor of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
4:21  His brother’s name was Jubal, who was the predecessor of all who play the lyre and flute.
4:22  Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, who made all kinds of tools and weapons from bronze and iron. Tubal Cain’s sister was Na’amah.
4:23  Lamech said to his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. Look, I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.
4:24  If Cain will be avenged seven times, then Lamech will be avenged seventy-seven times.
4:25  Adam was intimate with his wife again. She gave birth to a son and named him Seth, because she said, “God has set another child in place of Abel for me, since Cain killed him.”
4:26  Later a son was born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. This is when people began to proclaim the name of the Lord.