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1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she con­ceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have got­ten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his broth­er Abel. And Abel was a keep­er of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in pro­cess of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an of­fer­ing unto the LORD. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat there­of. And the LORD had re­spect unto Abel and to his of­fer­ing: 5 But unto Cain and to his of­fer­ing he had not re­spect. And Cain was very wroth, and his coun­te­nance fell. 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy coun­te­nance fall­en? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be ac­cept­ed? and if thou doest not well, sin li­eth at the door. And unto thee shall be his de­sire, and thou shalt rule over him. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his broth­er: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his broth­er, and slew him. 9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy broth­er? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keep­er? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood cri­eth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to re­ceive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not hence­forth yield unto thee her strength; a fugi­tive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. 13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My pun­ish­ment is greater than I can bear. 14 Be­hold, thou hast driv­en me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugi­tive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that ev­ery one that find­eth me shall slay me. 15 And the LORD said unto him, There­fore whoso­ev­er slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be tak­en on him sev­en­fold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any find­ing him should kill him. 16 And Cain went out from the pres­ence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife; and she con­ceived, and bare Enoch: and he build­ed a city, and called the name of the city, af­ter the name of his son, Enoch. 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad be­gat Mehu­jael: and Mehu­jael be­gat Methusael: and Methusael be­gat Lamech. 19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the oth­er Zil­lah. 20 And Adah bare Ja­bal: he was the fa­ther of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cat­tle. 21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the fa­ther of all such as han­dle the harp and or­gan. 22 And Zil­lah, she also bare Tubal­cain, an in­struc­ter of ev­ery ar­ti­fi­cer in brass and iron: and the sis­ter of Tubal­cain was Naamah. 23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zil­lah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hear­ken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wound­ing, and a young man to my hurt. 24 If Cain shall be avenged sev­en­fold, tru­ly Lamech sev­en­ty and sev­en­fold. 25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, ­said she, hath ap­point­ed me an­oth­er seed in­stead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then be­gan men to call upon the name of the LORD.