Thematic Bible

Genesis 4:1

And Adam knew Eve his wife. And she conceived and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from Jehovah.

Genesis 4:2

And she bore again, his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 4:3

And in the end of days, it happened, Cain brought to Jehovah an offering of the fruit of the ground.

Genesis 4:4

And Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat of it. And Jehovah had respect to Abel and to his offering,

Genesis 4:5

but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell.

Genesis 4:6

And Jehovah said to Cain, Why have you angrily glowed? And why did your face fall?

Genesis 4:7

If you do well, shall you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin crouches at the door; and its desire is for you, and you shall rule over it.

Genesis 4:8

And Cain talked with his brother Abel. And it happened when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

Genesis 4:9

And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?

Genesis 4:10

And He said, What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to Me from the ground.

Genesis 4:11

And now you are cursed more than the ground which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

Genesis 4:12

When you till the ground, it will not again give its strength to you. And you shall be a vagabond and a fugitive in the earth.

Genesis 4:13

And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Genesis 4:14

Behold! You have driven me out from the face of the earth today, and I shall be hidden from Your face. And I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth, and it shall be that anyone who finds me shall kill me.

Genesis 4:15

And Jehovah said to him, Therefore whoever kills Cain shall be avenged seven times. And Jehovah set a mark upon Cain so that anyone who found him should not kill him.

Genesis 4:16

And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah and lived in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Genesis 4:17

And 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.

Genesis 4:18

And Irad was born to Enoch. And Irad fathered Mehujael. And Mehujael fathered Methusael. And Methusael fathered Lamech.

Genesis 4:19

And Lamech took two wives to himself. The name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah.

Genesis 4:20

And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and with cattle.

Genesis 4:21

And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those playing the harp and the organ.

Genesis 4:22

And Zillah also bore Tubalcain, the hammerer of every engraving tool of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

Genesis 4:23

And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have killed a man because of my wound, and a young man because of my hurt.

Genesis 4:24

For Cain is avenged seven times, and Lamech seventy-seven times.

Genesis 4:25

And Adam knew his wife again. And she bore a son, and called his name Seth. For she said, God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain killed him.

Genesis 4:26

And there was also a son born to Seth, and he called his name Enos. Then men began to call upon the name of Jehovah.