Genesis 4–5

CHAPTER 4

Cain and Abel

¹Now the man ¹knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and ²gave birth to ³Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a ⁴man with the help of Yahweh.”

²And again, she ¹gave birth to his brother Abel. ^aAbel was ^ba keeper of flocks, but Cain was a cultivator of the ground.

³So it happened ¹in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to Yahweh of the fruit of the ground.

^4aAbel, on his part, also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And ^bYahweh had regard for Abel and for his offering;

⁵but ^afor Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So ^bCain became very angry, and his countenance fell.

⁶Then Yahweh said to Cain, “^aWhy are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?

⁷“^aIf you do well, ¹will not your countenance be lifted up? ^bAnd if you do not do well, sin is lying at the door; and its desire is for you, ^cbut you must rule over it.”

⁸Then Cain ¹spoke to Abel his brother; and it happened when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and ^akilled him.

⁹Then Yahweh said to Cain, “^aWhere is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

¹⁰And He said, “What have you done? ^aThe voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to Me from the ground.

¹¹“And now, ^acursed are you from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

¹²“^aWhen you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; ^byou will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth.”

¹³And Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is too great to bear!

¹⁴“Behold, You have ^adriven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and ^bI will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and it will be that ^cwhoever finds me will kill me.”

¹⁵So Yahweh said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him ^asevenfold.” And Yahweh ^1bappointed a sign for Cain, so that no one who found him would strike him.

¹⁶Then Cain went out from the presence ^aof Yahweh and ¹settled in the land of ²Nod, east of Eden.

¹⁷Then Cain ¹knew his wife, and she conceived and ²gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son.

¹⁸Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad ¹was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael ²was the father of Methushael, and Methushael ³was the father of Lamech.

¹⁹And Lamech took for himself ^atwo wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.

²⁰And Adah ¹gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and have livestock.

²¹And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.

²²As for Zillah, she also ¹gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of all implements of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

²³And Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah,

Hear my voice,

You wives of Lamech,

Give ear to my word,

^aFor I ¹have killed a man for ²striking me;

And a boy for wounding me;

²⁴If Cain is avenged ^asevenfold,

Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

^25aThen Adam ¹knew his wife again; and she ²gave birth to a son and named him ³Seth, for she said, “God ⁴has set for me another ⁵seed in place of Abel, ^bfor Cain killed him.”

²⁶And to Seth, to him also, ^aa son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began ^bto call ¹upon the name of Yahweh.

CHAPTER 5

The Generations of Adam

¹This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him ^ain the likeness of God.

²He created them ^amale and female, and He ^bblessed them and named them ¹Man in the day when they were created.

³When Adam had lived 130 years, he ¹became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.

⁴Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were 800 years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

⁵So all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.

⁶And Seth lived 105 years and became the father of Enosh.

⁷Then Seth lived 807 years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.

⁸So all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.

⁹And Enosh lived 90 years and became the father of Kenan.

¹⁰Then Enosh lived 815 years after he became the father of Kenan, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

¹¹So all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died.

¹²And Kenan lived 70 years and became the father of Mahalalel.

¹³Then Kenan lived 840 years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

¹⁴So all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died.

¹⁵And Mahalalel lived 65 years and became the father of Jared.

¹⁶Then Mahalalel lived 830 years after he became the father of Jared, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

¹⁷So all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.

¹⁸And Jared lived 162 years and became the father of Enoch.

¹⁹Then Jared lived 800 years after he became the father of Enoch, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

²⁰So all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.

²¹And Enoch lived 65 years and became the father of Methuselah.

²²Then Enoch ^awalked with God 300 years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

²³So all the days of Enoch were 365 years.

^24aEnoch walked with God; and he was not, for God ^btook him.

²⁵And Methuselah lived 187 years and became the father of Lamech.

²⁶Then Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

²⁷So all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

²⁸And Lamech lived 182 years and became the father of a son.

²⁹Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will ¹give us rest from our work and from the pain of our hands arising from ^athe ground which Yahweh has cursed.”

³⁰Then Lamech lived 595 years after he became the father of Noah, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

³¹So all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.

³²And Noah was ^a500 years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.