Genesis 4
Eve gave birth to Cain and Abel, with Cain working as a farmer and Abel as a shepherd. The Lord accepted Abel's offering but not Cain's, leading to Cain's anger and ultimately the murder of Abel. The Lord cursed Cain, condemning him to be a vagrant and fugitive, but also placed a seal on him to protect him from being killed. Cain went on to have a son named Enoch and built a city, while Adam had another son named Seth after Abel's death.
Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, "I have obtained a man through God.And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmerThen it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earthAbel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his giftsYet in truth, he did not look with favor on Cain and his gifts. And Cain was vehemently angry, and his countenance fellAnd the Lord said to him: "Why are you angry? And why is your face fallenIf you behave well, will you not receive? But if you behave badly, will not sin at once be present at the door? And so its desire will be within you, and you will be dominated by it.And Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let us go outside." And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and he put him to deathAnd the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" And he responded: "I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?And he said to him: "What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to me from the landNow, therefore, you will be cursed upon the land, which opened its mouth and received the blood of your brother at your handWhen you work it, it will not give you its fruit; a vagrant and a fugitive shall you be upon the land.And Cain said to the Lord: "My iniquity is too great to deserve kindnessBehold, you have cast me out this day before the face of the earth, and from your face I will be hidden; and I will be a vagrant and a fugitive on the earth. Therefore, anyone who finds me will kill me.And the Lord said to him: "By no means will it be so; rather, whoever would kill Cain, will be punished sevenfold." And the Lord placed a seal upon Cain, so that anyone who found him would not put him to deathAnd so Cain, departing from the face of the Lord, lived as a fugitive on the earth, toward the eastern region of EdenThen Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. And he built a city, and he called its name by the name of his son, EnochThereafter, Enoch conceived Irad, and Irad conceived Mahujael, and Mahujael conceived Mathusael, and Mathusael conceived LamechLamech took two wives: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other was ZillahAnd Adah conceived Jabel, who was the father of those who live in tents and are shepherdsAnd the name of his brother was Jubal; he was the father of those who sing to the harp and the organZillah also conceived Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and artisan in every work of brass and iron. In fact, the sister of Tubalcain was NoemaAnd Lamech said to his wives Adah and Zillah: "Listen to my voice, you wives of Lamech, pay attention to my speech. For I have killed a man to my own harm, and an adolescent to my own bruisingSevenfold vengeance will be given for Cain, but for Lamech, seventy-seven times.Adam also knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son, and she called his name Seth, saying, "God has given me another offspring, in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos. This one began to invoke the name of the Lord
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