Genèse 4

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.