And Adam knew Eve his wife; who conceived
and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a
man through God.
2 And again she brought forth his brother
Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a
husbandman.
3 And it came to pass after many days, that
Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to
the Lord.
4 Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock,
and of their fat: and the Lord had respect to
Abel, and to his offerings.
5 But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain was exceeding angry, and his
countenance fell.
6 And the Lord said to him: Why art thou
angry? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but
if ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the
door? but the lust thereof shall be under thee,
and thou shalt have dominion over it.
8 And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go
forth abroad. And when they were in the field,
Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew
him.
9 And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy
brother Abel? And he answered: I know not:
am I my brother's keeper?
10 And he said to him: What hast thou done?
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the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from
the earth.
11 Now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon
the earth, which hath opened her mouth and recieved the blood of thy brother at thy hand.
12 When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield
to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt
thou be upon the earth.
13 And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is
greater than that I may deserve pardon.
14 Behold thou dost cast me out this day from
the face of the earth, and from thy face I shall be
hid, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on
the earth: every one therefore that findeth me,
shall kill me.
15 And the Lord said to him: No, it shall
not so be: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall
be punished sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark
upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not
kill him.
16 And Cain went out from the face of the
Lord, and dwelt as a fugitive on the earth at the
east side of Eden.
17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived,
and brought forth Henoch: and he built a city,
and called the name thereof by the name of his
son Henoch.
18 And Henoch begot Irad, and Irad begot Maviael, and Maviael begot Mathusael, and
Mathusael begot Lamech,
19 Who took two wives: the name of the one
was Ada, and the name of the other Sella.
20 And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the
father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.
21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was
the father of them that play upon the harp and
the organs.
22 Sella also brought forth Tubalcain, who
was a hammerer and artificer in every work of
brass and iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was
Noema.
23 And Lamech said to his wives Ada and
Sella: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man to the
wounding of myself, and a stripling to my own
bruising.
24 Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for
Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.
25 Adam also knew his wife again: and she
brought forth a son, and called his name Seth,
saying: God hath given me another seed for
Abel, whom Cain slew.
26 But to Seth also was born a son, whom
he called Enos: this man began to call upon the
name of the Lord.