4:1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she 
conceived and bore Cain, saing,"I have
gotten a man with the help of the LORD." 
    4:2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now 
Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a 
worker of the ground.
    4:3 In the course of time
Cain brought to the LORD  an offering of the
fruit of the ground,
    4:4 and Abel also brought of
 the firstborn of his flock and of their fat por-
tions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and 
his offering,
    4:5 but for Cain and his offering he
had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and 
his face fell.
    4:6 The LORD said to Cain,"Why
are you angry, and why has your face fallen?
    4:7 If you do well, will you not be accepted?
And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at 
the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it."
    4:8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And 
when they were in the field, Cain rose up
against his brother Abel and killed him.
    4:9 Then the LORD said to Cian,"Where is Abel
your brouther?" He said,"i do not know; am I 
my brother's keeper?"
    4:10 And the LORD said,
"What have you done? The voice of your 
brother's blood is crying to me from the
ground.
    4:11 And now you are cursed from the
ground, which has opened its mouth to
receive your brother's blood from your hand.
    4:12 When you work the ground, it sall no
longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a 
fugitive and a wonderer on the earth."
    4:13 Cain said to the LORD,"My punishment is greater
then I can bear.
    4:14 Behold you have driven
me today away from the ground, and from
your face I shall be hided. I shall be a fugi-
tive and a wanderer on the earth, and who-
ever finds me will kill me."
    4:15 Then the LORD
said to him,"Not so! If anyone kills Cain,
vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold."
And the LORD put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him.
    4:16 Then Cain went away from the presence of the
LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of 
Eden.
    4:17 Cain knew his wife, and she conceived 
and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he 
called the name of the city after the name of
his son, Enoch.
    4:18 To Enoch was born Irad, 
and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael
fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered
Lamech.
    4:19 And Lamech took two wives. The 
name of the one was Adah, and the name of 
the other Zillah.
    4:20 Adah bore Jabal; he was
the father of those who dwell in tents and 
have livestock.
    4:21 His brother's name was
Jubal; he was the father of all those who play
the lyre and pipe.
    4:22 Zillah also bore Tubal-
cain; he was the forger of all instruments of
bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was
Naamah.
    4:23 Lemech said to his wives:
      
       "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice:
           you bives of Lamech, listen to what I
                  say:
        I have killed a man for wounding me,
            a young man for striking me.
    4:24 If Cain's revenge is sevenfold,
             then Lamech's is seventy-sevenfold."
    4:25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she 
bore a son and called his name Seth, for she 
said,"God has appointed for me another off-
spring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."
    4:26 To Seth also a son was born, and he called
his name Enosh. At that time people began to
call upon the name of the LORD.
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