Genesis 4:8–26

⁸And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, ‘Let us go into the field;’ and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.

⁹And Jehovah saith unto Cain, ‘Where is Abel thy brother?’ and he saith, ‘I have not known; my brother’s keeper—I?’ ¹⁰And He saith, ‘What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood is crying unto Me from the ground; ¹¹and now, cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand; ¹²when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee—a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.’

¹³And Cain saith unto Jehovah, ‘Greater is my punishment than to be borne; ¹⁴lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been—every one finding me doth slay me.’ ¹⁵And Jehovah saith to him, ‘Therefore—of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;’ and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.

¹⁶And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden; ¹⁷and Cain knoweth his wife, and she conceiveth, and beareth Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calleth the name of the city, according to the name of his son—Enoch. ¹⁸And born to Enoch is Irad; and Irad hath begotten Mehujael; and Mehujael hath begotten Methusael; and Methusael hath begotten Lamech.

¹⁹And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah. ²⁰And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions; ²¹and the name of his brother is Jubal, he hath been father of every one handling harp and organ. ²²And Zillah she also bare Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron; and a sister of Tubal-Cain is Naamah.

²³And Lamech saith to his wives:—‘Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, give ear to my saying: For a man I have slain for my wound, Even a young man for my hurt; ²⁴For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.’

²⁵And Adam again knoweth his wife, and she beareth a son, and calleth his name Seth, ‘for God hath appointed for me another seed instead of Abel:’ for Cain had slain him. ²⁶And to Seth, to him also a son hath been born, and he calleth his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the name of Jehovah.

Chapter 5