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Some experiences of people who have thought differently from this during their lifetime follow at the end of the chapter.
GENESIS 4
And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain;
and she said, I have gained a man, Jehovah.a
And she bore again, his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd of the flock, and Cain was a tiller of the ground.
And it happened at the end of
days that Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground, a gift for Jehovah.
And Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat; and Jehovah had respect for Abel and his gift.
And for Cain and his gift He had no respect; and Cain's anger was set ablaze and his faceb fell.
And Jehovah said to Cain, Why has your anger been set ablaze, and why has your faceb fallen?
If you do well, is there not an uplifting? And if you do not do well, sin is lying at the door. And to you is his desire, and you have dominion over him.
And Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And
when they were in the field Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?
And
He said, What have you done? The voice of your brother's bloodc is crying out to me from the ground.
And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's
bloodc from your hand.
When you till the ground, it will not yield its strength to you; a wanderer and a fugitive you will be in the land.
And Cain said to Jehovah, My iniquity is too
great for it to be taken away.
Behold, You have driven me this day off the faceb of the ground; and I shall be hidden from Your face,b and I shall be a wanderer and a fugitive in the land; and
everyone finding me might kill me.
And Jehovah said to him, Therefore anyone killing Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah put a sign on Cain, lest anyone finding him should
strike him.
And Cain went out from the faceb of Jehovah, and he dwelt in the land of Nod towards the east of Eden.
And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he was building
a city, and he called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.
And to Enoch was born Irad. And Irad beget Mehujael, and Mehujael beget Methushael, and Methushael beget Lamech.
And Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
And Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the father of the tent-dweller and of cattle.
And his brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of all who play upon the harp and organ.
And Zillah also, she gave birth to Tubal-cain, teacher of every craftsman in bronze and iron. And
Tubal-cain's sister was Naamah.
And Lamech told his wives Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, O wives of Lamech, and with your ears perceive my speech that I have killed a man (vir) to my wounding, and
a little one to my bruising.
For sevenfold will Cain be avenged, and Lamech seventy-sevenfold.
And the man (homo) knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and she called his name Seth - for
God has appointed me another seed in place of Abel, seeing that Cain had killed him.
And to Seth also was born a son, and he called his name Enosh; then they began to call on the name of Jehovah.
Notes
a Grammatically Jehovah is at this point accusative or objective case.
b lit. faces
c lit. bloods
