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Genesi 4

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1 OR Adamo conobbe la sua moglie, ed ella concepette, e partorì Caino, e disse: Io ho acquistato un uomo col Signore.

2 Poi partorì ancora Abele, fratello di esso. Ed Abele fu pastore di pecore, e Caino fu lavorator della terra.

3 Or avvenne, in capo di alquanto tempo, che Caino offerse al Signore offerta de’ frutti della terra.

4 Ed Abele offerse anch’esso de’ primogeniti delle sue pecore, e del grasso di esse. E il Signore riguardò ad Abele ed alla sua offerta.

5 Ma non riguardò a Caino, nè alla sua offerta; onde Caino si sdegnò grandemente, e il suo volto fu abbattuto.

6 E il Signore disse a Caino: Perchè sei tu sdegnato? e perchè è il tuo volto abbattuto?

7 Se tu fai bene, non vi sarà egli esaltazione? ma altresì, se tu fai male, il peccato giace alla porta. Ora i desiderii di esso dipendono da te, e tu hai la signoria sopra lui.

8 E Caino disse ad Abele suo fratello: Andiamo ai campi. Ed avvenne che essendo essi ai campi, Caino si levò contro ad Abele suo fratello, e l’uccise.

9 E il Signore disse a Caino: Ov’è Abele tuo fratello? Ed egli disse: Io non so; sono io guardiano del mio fratello?

10 E il Signore gli disse: Che hai fatto? ecco la voce del sangue del tuo fratello grida a me dalla terra.

11 Ora dunque tu sei maledetto, e sarai cacciato dalla terra, che ha aperta la sua bocca per ricevere il sangue del tuo fratello dalla tua mano.

12 Quando tu lavorerai la terra, ella non continuerà più di renderti la sua virtù; e tu sarai vagabondo ed errante sulla terra.

13 E Caino disse al Signore: La mia iniquità è più grande che io non posso portare.

14 Ecco, tu mi hai oggi cacciato d’in su la faccia della terra, ed io sarò nascosto dal tuo cospetto, e sarò vagabondo ed errante sulla terra; ed avverrà che chiunque mi troverà mi ucciderà.

15 E il Signore gli disse: Perciò, chiunque ucciderà Caino sarà punito a sette doppi più che Caino. E il Signore pose un segnale in Caino, acciocchè alcuno, trovandolo, non lo uccidesse.

16 E Caino si partì dal cospetto del Signore, e dimorò nel paese di Nod, dalla parte orientale di Eden.

17 E Caino conobbe la sua moglie, ed ella concepette, e partorì Enoch. Poi egli si mise ad edificare una città, e la nominò del nome del suo figliuolo Enoch.

18 E ad Enoch nacque Irad; ed Irad generò Mehujael; e Mehujael generò Metusael; e Metusael generò Lamec.

19 E Lamec si prese due mogli; il nome dell’una delle quali era Ada, e il nome dell’altra Silla.

20 E Ada partorì Iabal. Esso fu padre di coloro che dimorano in tende, e son mandriani.

21 E il nome del suo fratello fu Iubal. Esso fu padre di tutti coloro che maneggiano la cetera e l’organo.

22 E Silla partorì anch’ella Tubal-cain, il quale ha ammaestrato ogni fabbro di rame e di ferro; e la sorella di Tubal-cain fu Naama.

23 E Lamec disse ad Ada e Silla sue mogli: Ascoltate la mia voce, mogli di Lamec; Porgete l’orecchio al mio parlare. Certo io ho ucciso un uomo, dandogli una ferita; Ed un giovane, dandogli una percossa.

24 Se Caino è vendicato a sette doppi, Lamec lo sarà a settanta volte sette doppi.

25 E Adamo conobbe ancora la sua moglie; ed ella partorì un figliuolo, e gli pose nome Set; perciocchè, disse ella, Iddio mi ha riposta un’altra progenie in luogo di Abele, che Caino ha ucciso.

26 Ed a Set ancora nacque un figliuolo; ed egli gli pose nome Enos. Allora si cominciò a nominare una parte degli uomini del nome del Signore.

   


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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Arcana Coelestia #381

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381. That 'tilling the ground' means cultivating this schism or heresy is clear from the meaning of 'the ground', dealt with already just above. That 'not yielding its strength' means its being sterile is evident from what has just been said about 'tilling the ground' and from the very words themselves, as well as from the consideration that people who profess faith devoid of charity profess no faith at all, as has been stated.

  
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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.