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Genèse 4

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1 Or Adam connut Eve sa femme, laquelle conçut, et enfanta Caïn; et elle dit : J'ai acquis un homme de par l'Eternel.

2 Elle enfanta encore Abel son frère; et Abel fut berger, et Caïn laboureur.

3 Or il arriva, au bout de quelque temps, que Caïn offrit à l'Eternel une oblation des fruits de la terre;

4 Et qu'Abel aussi offrit des premiers-nés de son troupeau, et de leur graisse; et l'Eternel eut égard à Abel, et à son oblation.

5 Mais il n'eut point d'égard à Caïn, ni à son oblation; et Caïn fut fort irrité, et son visage fut abattu.

6 Et l'Eternel dit à Caïn : Pourquoi es-tu irrité? et pourquoi ton visage est-il abattu?

7 Si tu fais bien, ne sera-t-il pas reçu? mais si tu ne fais pas bien, le péché est à la porte; or ses désirs se [rapportent] à toi, et tu as Seigneurie sur lui.

8 Or Caïn parla avec Abel son frère, et comme ils étaient aux champs, Caïn s'éleva contre Abel son frère, et le tua.

9 Et l'Eternel dit à Caïn : Où est Abel ton frère? Et il lui répondit : Je ne sais, suis-je le gardien de mon frère, moi?

10 Et Dieu dit : Qu'as-tu fait? La voix du sang de ton frère crie de la terre à moi.

11 Maintenant donc tu [seras] maudit, [même] de la part de la terre, qui a ouvert sa bouche pour recevoir de ta main le sang de ton frère.

12 Quand tu laboureras la terre, elle ne te rendra plus son fruit, et tu seras vagabond et fugitif sur la terre.

13 Et Caïn dit à l'Eternel : Ma peine est plus grande que je ne puis porter.

14 Voici, tu m'as chassé aujourd'hui de cette terre-ci, et je serai caché de devant ta face, et serai vagabond et fugitif sur la terre, et il arrivera que quiconque me trouvera, me tuera.

15 Et l'Eternel lui dit : C'est pourquoi quiconque tuera Caïn sera puni sept fois davantage. Ainsi l'Eternel mit une marque sur Caïn, afin que quiconque le trouverait, ne le tuât point.

16 Alors Caïn sortit de devant la face de l'Eternel, et habita au pays de Nod, vers l'Orient d'Héden.

17 Puis Caïn connut sa femme, qui conçut et enfanta Hénoc; et il bâtit une ville, et appela la ville Hénoc, du nom de son fils.

18 Puis Hirad naquit à Hénoc, et Hirad engendra Méhujaël, et Méhujaël engendra Méthusaël, et Méthusaël engendra Lémec.

19 Et Lémec prit deux femmes; le nom de l'une était Hada, et le nom de l'autre, Tsilla.

20 Et Hada enfanta Jabal, qui fut père de ceux qui demeurent dans les tentes, et des pasteurs.

21 Et le nom de son frère fut Jubal, qui fut père de tous ceux qui touchent le violon et les orgues.

22 Et Tsilla aussi enfanta Tubal-Caïn, qui fut forgeur de toute sorte d'instruments d'airain et de fer; et la sœur de Tubal-Caïn fut Nahama.

23 Et Lémec dit à Hada et à Tsilla ses femmes : Femmes de Lémec, entendez ma voix, écoutez ma parole; je tuerai un homme, moi étant blessé, même un jeune homme, moi étant meurtri.

24 Car [si] Caïn est vengé sept fois davantage, Lémec le sera soixante-dix sept fois.

25 Et Adam connut encore sa femme, qui enfanta un fils, et il appela son nom Seth, car Dieu m'a, [dit-il], donné un autre fils au lieu d'Abel, que Caïn a tué.

26 Il naquit aussi un fils à Seth, et il l'appela Enos. Alors on commença d'appeler du nom de l'Eternel.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 439

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439. That 'Seth' means faith through which charity may be received was shown in the previous verse. 'His son whose name was Enosh' means a Church which considered charity to be the primary element of faith. This too is clear from what has been stated already, and also from the fact that he was called Enosh, another name which means man (homo), not the celestial man however but the truly human spiritual man, meant here by Enosh. And this is also clear from the statement immediately following about their beginning to call on the name of Jehovah.

  
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Genesis 4

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1 The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, "I have gotten a man with Yahweh's help."

2 Again she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

3 As time passed, it happened that Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground.

4 Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. Yahweh respected Abel and his offering,

5 but he didn't respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.

6 Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?

7 If you do well, will it not be lifted up? If you don't do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it."

8 Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's go into the field." It happened when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.

9 Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

10 Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

11 Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

12 From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."

13 Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.

14 Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."

15 Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should strike him.

16 Cain went out from Yahweh's presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

17 Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

18 To Enoch was born Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.

19 Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

20 Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

21 His brother's name was Jubal, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe.

22 Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron. Tubal Cain's sister was Naamah.

23 Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.

24 If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times."

25 Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, "for God has appointed me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."

26 There was also born a son to Seth, and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on Yahweh's name.