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title: Genesis 4
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**1 **And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. **2 **And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. **3 **And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. **4 **And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: **5 **But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. **6 **And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? **7 **If 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.

**8 **And 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 slew him.

**9 **And the LORD said unto Cain, Where *is* Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: *Am* I my brother's keeper? **10 **And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. **11 **And now *art* thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; **12 **When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. **13 **And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment *is* greater than I can bear. **14 **Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, *that* every one that findeth me shall slay me. **15 **And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

**16 **And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

**17 **And 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. **18 **And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. **19 **And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one *was* Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. **20 **And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and *of such as have* cattle. **21 **And his brother's name *was* Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. **22 **And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain *was* Naamah.

**23 **And 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 wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

**24 **If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

**25 **And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, *said she*, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. **26 **And 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.