1Now Adam had slept with his wife, and she conceived and bore a son named Cain. She said, “By the grace of Yahweh I have birthed a man!”
2Then later, she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel grew up to be a shepherd, and Cain became a farmer, working the ground.
3After some time passed, Cain presented an offering to Yahweh from the produce of the land.
4Abel also brought his offering, from among the finest of the firstborn of his flocks. Yahweh was very pleased with Abel and accepted his offering,
5but with Cain and his offering, Yahweh was not pleased, making Cain very furious and resentful.
6So Yahweh said to Cain,
“Why are you so angry and bothered?
7If you offer what is right, won’t you be accepted?
But if you refuse to offer what is right,
sin, the predator, is crouching in wait outside the door of your heart.
It desires to have you, yet you must be its master.”
8One day Cain said to his brother, “Let’s go out into the field.” When they arrived at the field, Cain rose and attacked and killed his brother Abel.
9Then Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”
He answered, “How do I know? Am I my brother’s keeper?”
10Yahweh said, “Listen—the voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground! What have you done?
11Now you are banished from the land, from the very ground that drank your brother’s blood from your hand!
12When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer produce crops for you; and you will be a fugitive, a homeless wanderer!”
13Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is more than I can bear!
14Look—you’ve thrown me off the land today, and now I must hide from your presence. As a fugitive and wanderer on the earth, anyone who meets me may choose to kill me!”
15Yahweh responded, “Not so! If anyone kills you, I promise the seven-fold vengeance of Cain will be released upon him!” So, Yahweh put an identifying sign on Cain as a warning so that no one would dare kill him.
16Then Cain left the presence of Yahweh and journeyed to the Land of Wandering, east of Eden.
The Family Line of Cain17Cain slept with his wife and she conceived and bore Enoch. Cain was building a city at the time, so he named it the Village of Enoch, after his son.
18Enoch’s son was Irad, and Irad’s son was Mehujael, and Mehujael’s son was Methushael, and Methushael’s son was Lamech.
19Lamech married two women, Dawn and Dusk.
20Dawn gave birth to Jabal, the first of those who lived in tents and raised livestock.
21Jabal’s brother was Jubal, the first of musicians who played instruments.
22Dusk gave birth to Tubalcain, the first of blacksmiths who forged all kinds of bronze and iron tools. His sister was Naamah.
23Lamech boasted to his wives:
“Listen to me, Dawn and Dusk!
Mark my words, O wives of Lamech!
I have killed a man for wounding me,
and a young man for bruising me.
24If killing Cain costs seven lives,
for Lamech, it will cost seventy-seven!”
25Adam slept with his wife again and she bore a son whom she named Seth, meaning “appointed,” for she declared, “God has appointed for me another son to replace Abel, because Cain killed him.”
26After many years Seth had a son named Enosh. During his lifetime, people began to worship Yahweh and pray to him.
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