4:1 Now
Adam
knew
Eve
his
wife,
and
she
conceived
and
bore
Cain,
saying,
"I
have
gotten
a
man
with
the
help
of
the
LORD."
4:2 And
again,
she
bore
his
brother
Abel.
Now
Abel
was
a
keeper
of
sheep,
and
Cain
a
worker
of
the
ground.
4:3 In
the
course
of
time
Cain
brought
to
the
LORD
an
offering
of
the
fruit
of
the
ground,
4:4 and
Abel
also
brought
of
the
firstborn
of
his
flock
and
of
their
fat
portions.
And
the
LORD
had
regard
for
Abel
and
his
offering,
4:5 but
for
Cain
and
his
offering
he
had
no
regard.
So
Cain
was
very
angry,
and
his
face
fell.
4:6 The
LORD
said
to
Cain,
"Why
are
you
angry,
and
why
has
your
face
fallen
4:7 If
you
do
well,
will
you
not
be
accepted
And
if
you
do
not
do
well,
sin
is
crouching
at
the
door.
Its
desire
is
for
you,
but
you
must
rule
over
it."
4:8 Cain
spoke
to
Abel
his
brother.
And
when
they
were
in
the
field,
Cain
rose
up
against
his
brother
Abel
and
killed
him.
4:9 Then
the
LORD
said
to
Cain,
"Where
is
Abel
your
brother"
He
said,
"I
do
not
know;
am
I
my
brother's
keeper"
4:10 And
the
LORD
said,
"What
have
you
done
The
voice
of
your
brother's
blood
is
crying
to
me
from
the
ground.
4:11 And
now
you
are
cursed
from
the
ground,
which
has
opened
its
mouth
to
receive
your
brother's
blood
from
your
hand.
4:12 When
you
work
the
ground,
it
shall
no
longer
yield
to
you
its
strength.
You
shall
be
a
fugitive
and
a
wanderer
on
the
earth."
4:13 Cain
said
to
the
LORD,
"My
punishment
is
greater
than
I
can
bear.
4:14 Behold,
you
have
driven
me
today
away
from
the
ground,
and
from
your
face
I
shall
be
hidden.
I
shall
be
a
fugitive
and
a
wanderer
on
the
earth,
and
whoever
finds
me
will
kill
me."
4:15 Then
the
LORD
said
to
him,
"Not
so!
If
anyone
kills
Cain,
vengeance
shall
be
taken
on
him
sevenfold."
And
the
LORD
put
a
mark
on
Cain,
lest
any
who
found
him
should
attack
him.
4:16 Then
Cain
went
away
from
the
presence
of
the
LORD
and
settled
in
the
land
of
Nod,
east
of
Eden.
4:17 Cain
knew
his
wife,
and
she
conceived
and
bore
Enoch.
When
he
built
a
city,
he
called
the
name
of
the
city
after
the
name
of
his
son,
Enoch.
4:18 To
Enoch
was
born
Irad,
and
Irad
fathered
Mehujael,
and
Mehujael
fathered
Methushael,
and
Methushael
fathered
Lamech.
4:19 And
Lamech
took
two
wives.
The
name
of
the
one
was
Adah,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Zillah.
4:20 Adah
bore
Jabal;
he
was
the
father
of
those
who
dwell
in
tents
and
have
livestock.
4:21 His
brother's
name
was
Jubal;
he
was
the
father
of
all
those
who
play
the
lyre
and
pipe.
4:22 Zillah
also
bore
Tubal-cain;
he
was
the
forger
of
all
instruments
of
bronze
and
iron.
The
sister
of
Tubal-cain
was
Naamah.
4:23 Lamech
said
to
his
wives:
"Adah
and
Zillah,
hear
my
voice;
you
wives
of
Lamech,
listen
to
what
I
say:
I
have
killed
a
man
for
wounding
me,
a
young
man
for
striking
me.
4:24 If
Cain's
revenge
is
sevenfold,
then
Lamech's
is
seventy-sevenfold."
4:25 And
Adam
knew
his
wife
again,
and
she
bore
a
son
and
called
his
name
Seth,
for
she
said,
"God
has
appointed
for
me
another
offspring
instead
of
Abel,
for
Cain
killed
him."
4:26 To
Seth
also
a
son
was
born,
and
he
called
his
name
Enosh.
At
that
time
people
began
to
call
upon
the
name
of
the
LORD.