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Genesis 4 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Cain Murders Abel
Cain and Abel
(Luke 11:51; Heb. 11:4; 12:24 )
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:1 - Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:3 - And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:4 - Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the LORD respected Abel and his offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:5 - but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:6 - So the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:7 - “If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8 - Now Cain talked with Abel his brother;[fn] and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 - Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:10 - And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - “So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:12 - “When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:13 - And Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - “Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; I shall be hidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15 - And the LORD said to him, “Therefore,[fn] whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the LORD set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.
The Family of Cain
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:16 - Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:17 - And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son—Enoch.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:18 - To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:19 - Then Lamech took for himself two wives: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:20 - And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - His brother’s name was Jubal. He was the father of all those who play the harp and flute.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:22 - And as for Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23 - Then Lamech said to his wives:

“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech!
For I have killed a man for wounding me,
Even a young man for hurting me.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24 - If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,
Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
A New Son
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:25 - And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:26 - And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh.[fn] Then men began to call on the name of the LORD.
NKJV Footnotes
Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate add “Let us go out to the field.”
Following Masoretic Text and Targum; Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read Not so.
Greek Enos
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