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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Genesis 4</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//genesis/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/genesis/">Genesis</a> > Genesis 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/3.htm" title="Genesis 3">◄</a> Genesis 4 <a href="../genesis/5.htm" title="Genesis 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/genesis/4.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/genesis/4.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/genesis/4.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/genesis/4.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/genesis/4.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/genesis/4.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/genesis/4.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Cain and Abel<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../hebrews/11.htm#4">Hebrews 11:4</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="reg">“With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said. <A name="3"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. <p class="reg"> Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. <p class="reg"> And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen? <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> but you must master it.” <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” <p class="reg">“I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> is greater than I can bear. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Not so!”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> east of Eden. <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">The Descendants of Cain<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute. <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then Lamech said to his wives: <p class="indent1stline">“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; <p class="indent2"> wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. <p class="indent1"> For I have slain a man for wounding me, <p class="indent2"> a young man for striking me. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>If Cain is avenged sevenfold, <p class="indent2"> then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> <A name="26"></a><p class="hdg">Seth and Enosh<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. <p class="reg"> At that time men began to call upon<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> the name of the LORD.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Cain</i><span class="thin"> </span> sounds like the Hebrew for <i>acquired</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>brought forth</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>it desires to control you</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> SP, LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; Hebrew <i>Then Cain spoke to his brother Abel.</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>guilt</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>sin</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac; Hebrew <i>“Very well!”</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>“Therefore:”</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <i>Nod</i><span class="thin"> </span> means <i>wandering</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Hebrew; LXX can be translated as either <i>seventy times seven</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>seventy-sevenfold</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see also <a href="../matthew/18.htm#22">Matthew 18:22</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <i>Seth</i><span class="thin"> </span> probably means <i>granted</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>appointed</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> Or <i>to proclaim</i><span class="thin"> </span>; some translators <i>to invoke</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>to call themselves by</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>to profane</i><span class="thin"> </span> <br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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