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Genesis 4 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Cain and Abel

(Luk 11:51; Heb 11:4; 12:24 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:1 - Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, "I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:3 - In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:4 - and Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:5 - but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:6 - The LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:7 - If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is couching at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8 - Cain said to Abel his brother, "Let us go out to the field." And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and killed him.

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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?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:10 - And the LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:12 - When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:13 - Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - Behold, thou hast driven me this day away from the ground; and from thy face I shall be hidden; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will slay me."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15 - Then the LORD said to him, "Not so! If any one slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD put a mark on Cain, lest any who came upon him should kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:16 - Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:17 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:18 - To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad was the father of Me-hu'ja-el, and Me-hu'ja-el the father of Me-thu'sha-el, and Me-thu'sha-el the father of Lamech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:19 - And Lamech took two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:20 - Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:22 - Zillah bore Tubal-cain; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Na'amah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23 - Lamech said to his wives: "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, hearken to what I say: I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24 - If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:25 - And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, "God has appointed for me another child instead of Abel, for Cain slew him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:26 - To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

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