Genesis Chapter 4 (NASB)
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Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, 'I have gotten a manchild with [the help of] the LORD.'
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Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
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So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground.
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Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and for his offering;
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but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell.
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Then the LORD said to Cain, 'Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?
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'If you do well, will not [your countenance] be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.'
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Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
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Then the LORD said to Cain, 'Where is Abel your brother?' And he said, 'I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?'
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He said, 'What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground.
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'Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
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'When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth.'
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Cain said to the LORD, 'My punishment is too great to bear!
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'Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.'
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So the LORD said to him, 'Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.' And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him.
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Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
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Cain had 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.
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Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael became the father of Methushael, and Methushael became the father of Lamech.
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Lamech took to himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.
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Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and [have] livestock.
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His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
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As 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.
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Lamech said to his wives, 'Adah and Zillah, Listen to my voice, You wives of Lamech, Give heed to my speech, For I have killed a man for wounding me; And a boy for striking me;
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If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.'
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Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for, [she said], 'God has appointed me another offspring in place of Abel, for Cain killed him.'
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To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then [men] began to call upon the name of the LORD.
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