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And man knew Eve his wife, and she conceived, and gave··birth··to Cain, and she said, I have gotten* a man◦, Jehovah*.
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And she added to bring··forth◦* his brother, Abel◦; and Abel◦ was a shepherd of the flock, and Cain was a tiller of the ground.
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And it was at the end of days, and Cain brought of the fruit of the ground a gift··offering to Jehovah.
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And Abel◦, he◦ also brought of the firstborn from his flock, and from its fat. And Jehovah had··regard to▵ Abel◦, and to▵ his gift··offering;
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and to▵ Cain and to▵ his gift··offering He had not regard, and Cain was very incensed, and his faces fell.
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And Jehovah said to▵ Cain, Why art thou incensed? and why are thy faces fallen?
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If thou doest··well, is there not an uplifting? And if thou doest· not ·well, sin coucheth at the entrance; and to▵ thee is his* desire◦, and thou◦ rulest over◦ him.
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And Cain talked to▵ Abel◦ his brother; and it was when they were in the field, that Cain rose··up against▵ Abel◦ his brother, and killed him.
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And Jehovah said to▵ Cain, Where◦ is Abel◦ thy brother? And he said, I know not; am I▵ the keeper of my brother?
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And He said, What hast thou done? The voice of the bloods* of thy brother cries to▵ Me from the ground.
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And now art thou◦ cursed from the ground, which has gaped··open with her mouth to take the bloods of thy brother from thy hand.
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When◦ thou tillest the ground, it shall not add to give to thee its power; a vagabond and a fugitive shalt thou be in the earth.
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And Cain said to▵ Jehovah, My iniquity is greater than can be borne away*.
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Behold, Thou hast driven· me ·out today from upon the faces of the ground; and from Thy faces shall I be hidden, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive in the earth; and it shall be that everyone who finds me shall kill me.
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And Jehovah said to him, Therefore if anyone kills Cain, sevenfold he shall be avenged. And Jehovah set on Cain a sign to all who find him not▵ to smite him.
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And Cain went··out from the faces of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, toward··the··east of Eden.
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And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave··birth··to Enoch; and it came··to··pass◦ that he was building a city, and called the name of the city according··to the name of his son, Enoch.
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And to Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehijael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
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And Lamech took to him two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second, Zillah.
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And Adah gave··birth to Jabal; he◦ was the father of the dweller in tents, and of livestock.
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And the name of his brother was Jubal; he◦ was the father of all who handle the harp and organ*.
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And Zillah, she◦ also gave··birth··to Tubal-cain, an instructor of every artificer in bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
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And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, and give··ear··to what· I ·say, for I have killed a man◦ for my wounding, and a child for my bruising.
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If▫ Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
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And man knew his wife yet again*, and she gave··birth··to a son, and she called his name Seth; for God has put another seed for me instead of Abel◦; for Cain killed him.
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And to Seth, to him also there was··born a son; and he called his name Enosh; then▵ began they to call upon◦ the name of Jehovah.
