Genesis 4:8–18

⁸Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” ^xAnd while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. ^y

⁹Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”

“I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s guardian?”

¹⁰Then He said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground! ^z11So now you are cursed, alienated, from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed. ^a12If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.” ^b

¹³But Cain answered the Lord, “My punishment ^cis too great to bear! ¹⁴Since You are banishing me today from the soil, and I must hide myself from Your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.” ^d

¹⁵Then the Lord replied to him, “In that case, ^ewhoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” ^fAnd He placed a mark ^gon Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him. ¹⁶Then Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

The Line of Cain

¹⁷Cain 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. ¹⁸Irad was born to Enoch, Irad fathered Mehujael, Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech.