* The Hebrew name qayin (“Cain”) and the term qaniti (“I have produced”) present a wordplay that refers to metalworking such wordplays are frequent in Genesis. ![]() “God has granted me another offspring in place of Abel,” she said, “because Cain killed him.”Ģ6To Seth, in turn, a son was born, and he named him Enosh.Īt that time people began to invoke the L ORD by name. The sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.Ģ5 * Adam again had intercourse with his wife, and she gave birth to a son whom she called Seth. Cain also became the founder of a city, which he named after his son Enoch.ġ8To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad became the father of Mehujael Mehujael became the father of Methusael, and Methusael became the father of Lamech.ġ9Lamech took two wives the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.Ģ0Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the ancestor of those who dwell in tents and keep livestock.Ģ1His brother’s name was Jubal, who became the ancestor of all who play the lyre and the reed pipe.Ģ2Zillah, on her part, gave birth to Tubalcain, the ancestor of all who forge instruments of bronze and iron. 17 * Cain had intercourse with his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. So the L ORD put a mark * on Cain, so that no one would kill him at sight.ġ6Cain then left the L ORD’s presence and settled in the land of Nod, * east of Eden.ĭescendants of Cain and Seth. If anyone kills Cain, Cain shall be avenged seven times. Anyone may kill me at sight.”ġ5Not so! the L ORD said to him. I must avoid you and be a constant wanderer on the earth. You shall become a constant wanderer on the earth.ġ3Cain said to the L ORD: “My punishment is too great to bear.ġ4Look, you have now banished me from the ground. d 12If you till the ground, it shall no longer give you its produce. ![]() Am I my brother’s keeper?”ġ0God then said: What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!ġ1Now you are banned from the ground * that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. c 9Then the L ORD asked Cain, Where is your brother Abel? He answered, “I do not know. bĨCain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out in the field.” * When they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. ![]() So Cain was very angry and dejected.ĦThen the L ORD said to Cain: Why are you angry? Why are you dejected?ħIf you act rightly, you will be accepted * but if not, sin lies in wait at the door: its urge is for you, yet you can rule over it. a The L ORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,ĥbut on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. * 3In the course of time Cain brought an offering to the L ORD from the fruit of the ground,Ĥwhile Abel, for his part, brought the fatty portion * of the firstlings of his flock. Abel became a herder of flocks, and Cain a tiller of the ground. 1The man had intercourse with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have produced a male child with the help of the L ORD.” * 2Next she gave birth to his brother Abel.
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