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Genesis 4:8–24
8 Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”H And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.r
9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”
“I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s guardian?”
10 Then he said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!s 11 So now you are cursed, alienated from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed.I 12 If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”t
13 But Cain answered the Lord, “My punishmentA is too great to bear! 14 Since you are banishing me today from the face of the earth, and I must hide from your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.”a. 15 Then the Lord replied to him, “In that case,B whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” And he placed a markb on Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him. 16 Then Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod,* east of Eden.
17 Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain became the builder of a city, and he named the city Enoch after his son. 18 Irad was born to Enoch, Irad fathered Mehujael, Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech. 19 Lamech took two wives for himself, one named Adah and the other named Zillah. 20 Adah bore Jabal; he was the first* of the nomadic herdsmen. 21 His brother was named Jubal; he was the first* of all who play the lyre and the flute. 22 Zillah bore Tubal-cain, who made all kinds of bronze and iron tools. Tubal-cain’s sister was Naamah.
Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
wives of Lamech, pay attention to my words.
For I killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for striking me.
24 If Cain is to be avenged seven times over,
then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!
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I | Lit blood from your hand |
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A | Or sin |
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* | Lit Wandering |
* | Lit father |
* | Lit father |
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