Genesis 4

4And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare ^||Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. ²And she again bare his brother ^†Abel. And Abel was ^†a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. ³And ^†in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. ⁴And Abel, he also brought of ^athe firstlings of his ^†flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had ^brespect unto Abel and to his offering: ⁵But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, ^cand his countenance fell. ⁶And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? ⁷If thou doest well, shalt thou not ^||be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And ^||unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. ⁸And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and ^dslew him. ⁹And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, ^eI know not: Am I my brother’s keeper? ¹⁰And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s ^†blood crieth unto me from the ground. ¹¹And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; ¹²When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. ¹³And Cain said unto the Lord, ^||My punishment is greater than I can bear. ¹⁴Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and ^ffrom thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, ^gthat every one that findeth me shall slay me. ¹⁵And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him ^hsevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. ¹⁶And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. ¹⁷And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare ^†Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. ¹⁸And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat ^†Lamech. ¹⁹And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. ²⁰And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. ²¹And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. ²²And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an ^†instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. ²³And Lamech said unto his wives,

Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice;

Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech:

For ^||I have slain a man to my ⁱwounding,

And a young man ^||to my hurt.

^24kIf Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,

Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

²⁵And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name ^†Seth: For God, ^lsaid she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. ²⁶And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name ^†Enos: then began men ^||to call upon the name of the Lord.