Old Testament · Law

Genesis chapter 4

The man Eve his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to . She said, “I have a man with the help of .”Then she gave birth to his brother, . Abel became a , and Cain .After some time, Cain brought some of the produce of the ground as an to Yahweh.Abel also brought an offering — from the of his flock, from their . Yahweh Abel and his offering,but on Cain and his offering he did not look favorably. This made Cain , and .Yahweh said to Cain, “Why are you so angry? Why has your face fallen?”“If you do what is right, won’t you be ? But if you don’t do what is right, is at your door. It wants to you, but you must master it.”Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the .” And when they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and him.Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s ?”Yahweh said, “What have you done? Your brother’s is to me from the !”“Now you are — driven away from the ground that to swallow your brother’s blood from your hand.”“When you work the ground, it will no longer give you its . You will be a on the earth.”Cain said to Yahweh, “My is more than I can bear!”“Look — today you are driving me away from the face of the ground, and I will be . I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and anyone who finds me will kill me.”Yahweh said to him, “Not so. If anyone kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on them .” Then Yahweh put a on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.So Cain left Yahweh’s presence and settled in the land of , east of .Cain was intimate with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to . Cain was building a , and he named the city after his son — Enoch.To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered .Lamech took for himself. The name of the first was , and the name of the second was .Adah gave birth to . He became the of those who live in tents and raise livestock.His brother’s name was . He became the father of everyone who plays the and the .Zillah also gave birth to , who all kinds of tools from . Tubal-cain’s sister was .Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, ! Wives of Lamech, ! I have a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.”“If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech will be avenged .”Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him , saying, “Because has another for me in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”Seth also had a son, and he named him . At that time, people began to .