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| 4 | Genesis |
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And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and brought forth Cain and said, I have gained a man through God. | Cain and Abel. Gn.4.1-16 |
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And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. | |
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And it was so after some time that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a sacrifice to the Lord. | |
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And Abel also brought of the first born of his sheep and of his fatlings, and God looked upon Abel and his gifts, | |
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but Cain and his sacrifices he regarded not, and Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell. | |
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And the Lord God said to Cain, Why have you become very sorrowful and why is your countenance fallen? | |
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Have you not sinned if you have brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? be still, to you shall be his submission, and you shall rule over him. | |
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And Cain said to Abl his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. | |
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And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper? | |
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And the Lord said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me out of the ground. | |
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And now you cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. | |
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When you till the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to you: you shall be groaning and trembling on the earth. | |
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And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime too great for me to be forgiven. | |
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If you cast me out today from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from your presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one that finds me shall slay me. | |
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And the Lord God said to him, Not so, any one that slays Cain shall suffer seven-fold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might slay him. | |
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So Cain went forth from the presence of God and dwelt in the land of Nod over against Edem. | |
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And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch. | Generations - Cain. Gn.4.17-24 |
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And to Enoch was born Gaidad; and Gaidad begot Maleleel; and Maleleel begot Mathusala; and Mathusala begot Lamech. | |
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And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the second Sella. | |
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And Ada bore Jobel; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle. | |
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And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who invented the psaltery and harp. | |
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And Sella also bore Thobel; he was a smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron; and the sister of Thobel was Noema. | |
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And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, you wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief. | |
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Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's seventy times seven. | |
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And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, For God has raised up to me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. | Seth and Enosh. Gn.4.25-26 |
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And Seth had a son, and he called his name Enos: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God. | |
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