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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 Coverdale Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../topmenuchap/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="../">Coverdale Bible</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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 class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Coverdale Bible of 1535</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/genesis/4-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </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><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Morouer Adam laye with Heua his wyfe, which coceaued & bare Cain, and sayde, I haue opteyned ye man of the LORDE. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And she proceaded forth, & bare his brother Abell. And Abell became a shepherde, but Cain became an husbande man. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And it fortuned after certaine daies, that Cain brought of the frute of the earth, an offrynge vnto ye LORDE. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And Abell brought also of the firstlinges of his shepe, and of ye fat of them. And the LORDE had respecte vnto Abell and to his offerynge: <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>but vnto Cain and his offerynge he loked not. Then was Cain exceadinge wroth, and his countenaunce chaunged. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the LORDE sayde vnto Cain: Why art thou angrie? and why doth thy countenaunce chaunge? Is it not so? that yf thou do well, thou shalt receaue it: <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>but and yf thou do euell, thy synne lyeth open in the dore? Shal he then be subdued vnto the? and wilt thou rule him?<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Cain talked with Abell his brother. And it happened, that whan they were in the felde, Cain arose agaynst Abell his brother, and slew him.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then sayde the LORDE vnto Cain: Where is Abell thy brother? He sayde: I can not tell. Am I my brothers keper? <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he sayde: What hast thou done? The voyce of thy brothers bloude crieth vnto me out of the earth. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And now shalt thou be cursed vpon the earth, which hath opened hir mouth, and receaued thy brothers bloude of thine hande. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Whan thou tyllest ye grounde, she shall hensforth not geue hir power vnto the. A vagabunde and a rennagate shalt thou be vpon ye earth. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Cain sayde vnto ye LORDE: my synne is greater, then that it maye be forgeuen me. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Beholde, thou castest me out this daye from out of ye londe, and from yi sight must I hyde myself, and must be a vagabunde and a rennagate vpon ye earth. And thus shal it go with me: that who so fyndeth me, shal slaye me. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But the LORDE sayde thus vnto him: Who so euer slayeth Cain, it shalbe auenged seuenfolde. And the LORDE put a marck vpon Cain, that no man which founde him, shulde kyll him.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So Cain wente out from ye face of the LORDE, and dwelt in the lande Nod, vpon the east syde of Eden.<p> <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">The Descendants of Cain<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Cain laye with his wyfe, which conceaued and bare Henoch. And he buylded a cite, and called it after the name of his sonne Henoch. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Henoch begat Irad, Irad begat Mahuiael. Mahuiael begat Mathusael. Mathusael begat Lamech. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And Lamech toke him two wyues: ye one was called Ada, & the other Zilla. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Ada bare Iabel, of whom came they that dwelt in tentes and had catell. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And his brothers name was Iuball: Of him came they that occupied harpes & pypes. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Zilla she also bare Tubalcain, a worker in all connynge poyntes of metall & yron. And Tubalcains sister was called Naema.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Lamech sayde vnto his wyues Ada and Zilla: Heare my voyce (ye wyues of Lamech) and herken vnto my wordes: for I haue slayne a man, and wounded my selfe: and (haue kylled) a yonge man, and gotte my self strypes.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Cain shalbe aueged seue tymes: but Lamech seuen and seuentie tymes.<p> <A name="26"></a><p class="hdg">Seth and Enosh<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Adam laye yet with his wyfe agayne, & she bare a sonne, and called him Seth. For God (sayde she) hath apoynted me another sede, for Abell, whom Cain slew. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And Seth begat a sonne also, and called him Enos. 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