Genesis 4:1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Genesis 4:1 ESV
Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD.”
Genesis 4:2 ESV
And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.
Genesis 4:3 ESV
In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground
Genesis 4:5 ESV
but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
Genesis 4:6 ESV
The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?
Genesis 4:7 ESV
If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, and you must rule over it.”
Genesis 4:8 ESV
Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
Genesis 4:9 ESV
Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”
Genesis 4:10 ESV
And the LORD said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground.
Genesis 4:11 ESV
And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
Genesis 4:12 ESV
When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
Genesis 4:13 ESV
Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis 4:14 ESV
Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
Genesis 4:15 ESV
Then the LORD said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the LORD put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him.
Genesis 4:16 ESV
Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 4:17 ESV
Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
Genesis 4:18 ESV
To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech.
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