| 1 | And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;` |
| 2 | and she addeth to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain hath been servant of the ground. |
| 3 | And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah; |
| 4 | and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present, |
| 5 | and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen. |
| 6 | And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen? |
| 7 | Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.` |
| 8 | And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, [`Let us go into the field;`] and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him. |
| 9 | And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where [is] Abel thy brother?` and he saith, `I have not known; my brother`s keeper -- I?` |
| 10 | And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother`s blood is crying unto Me from the ground; |
| 11 | and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand; |
| 12 | when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee -- a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.` |
| 13 | And Cain saith unto Jehovah, `Greater is my punishment than to be borne; |
| 14 | lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.` |
| 15 | And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;` and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him. |
| 16 | And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden; |
| 17 | and Cain knoweth his wife, and she conceiveth, and beareth Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calleth the name of the city, according to the name of his son -- Enoch. |
| 18 | And born to Enoch is Irad; and Irad hath begotten Mehujael; and Mehujael hath begotten Methusael; and Methusael hath begotten Lamech. |
| 19 | And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah. |
| 20 | And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions; |
| 21 | and the name of his brother [is] Jubal, he hath been father of every one handling harp and organ. |
| 22 | And Zillah she also bare Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron; and a sister of Tubal-Cain [is] Naamah. |
| 23 | And Lamech saith to his wives: -- `Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, give ear [to] my saying: For a man I have slain for my wound, Even a young man for my hurt; |
| 24 | For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.` |
| 25 | And Adam again knoweth his wife, and she beareth a son, and calleth his name Seth, `for God hath appointed for me another seed instead of Abel:` for Cain had slain him. |
| 26 | And to Seth, to him also a son hath been born, and he calleth his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the name of Jehovah. |
