Genesis Chapter 4 (NIV)
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Cain and AbelAdam lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.”
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Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
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In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord.
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But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
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but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
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Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
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If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”
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Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
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Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”“I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
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The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
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Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
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When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”
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Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear.
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Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
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But the Lord said to him, “Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
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So Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
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Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.
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To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
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Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
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Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.
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His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
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Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah.
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Lamech said to his wives,“Adah and Zillah, listen to me;wives of Lamech, hear my words.I have killed a man for wounding me,a young man for injuring me.
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If Cain is avenged seven times,then Lamech seventy-seven times.”
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Adam lay with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
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Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.At that time men began to call on the name of the Lord.
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