Genesis 4–5

Chapter 4

Cain and Abel

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

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

³So it came about ¹in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground.

^4aAbel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And ^bthe Lord 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 the Lord 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 crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, ^cbut you must master it.”

⁸Cain ¹told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and ^akilled him.

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

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

¹¹“Now ^ayou are cursed 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.”

¹³Cain said to the Lord, “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 ^cwhoever finds me will kill me.”

¹⁵So the Lord said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him ^asevenfold.” And the Lord ^1bappointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him.

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

¹⁷Cain ¹had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave 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 ¹became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael became the father of Methushael, and Methushael became the father of Lamech.

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

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

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

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

²³Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah,

Listen to my voice,

You wives of Lamech,

Give heed to my speech,

^aFor I ¹have killed a man for wounding me;

And a boy for striking me;

²⁴If Cain is avenged ^asevenfold,

Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

^25aAdam ¹had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him ²Seth, for, she said, “God ³has appointed me another ⁴offspring in place of Abel, ^bfor Cain killed him.”

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

Chapter 5

Descendants 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 one hundred and thirty 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 eight hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters.

⁵So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

⁶Seth lived one hundred and five years, and became the father of Enosh.

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

⁸So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

⁹Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.

¹⁰Then Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹¹So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

¹²Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel.

¹³Then Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁴So all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

¹⁵Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared.

¹⁶Then Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁷So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

¹⁸Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch.

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

²⁰So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.

²¹Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.

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

²³So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.

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

²⁵Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.

²⁶Then Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters.

²⁷So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

²⁸Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two 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 toil of our hands arising from ^athe ground which the Lord has cursed.”

³⁰Then Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other sons and daughters.

³¹So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died.

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