Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
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 Gen 4:1 |
Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, "I have gotten [fn] a man with the help of the Lord ." |
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Gen 4:2 |
And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. |
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Gen 4:3 |
In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, |
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Gen 4:4 |
and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, |
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Gen 4:5 |
but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. |
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Gen 4:6 |
The Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? |
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Gen 4:7 |
"If you do well, will you not be accepted? [fn] And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for [fn] you, but you must rule over it." |
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Gen 4:8 |
Cain spoke to Abel his brother. [fn] And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. |
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Gen 4:9 |
Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said, "I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?" |
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Gen 4:10 |
And the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground. |
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Gen 4:11 |
"And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. |
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Gen 4:12 |
"When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth." |
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Gen 4:13 |
Cain said to the Lord , "My punishment is greater than I can bear. [fn] |
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Gen 4:14 |
"Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me." |
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Gen 4:15 |
Then the Lord said to him, "Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him. |
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Gen 4:16 |
Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod, [fn] east of Eden. |
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Gen 4:17 |
Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch. |
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Gen 4:18 |
To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech. |
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Gen 4:19 |
And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. |
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Gen 4:20 |
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. |
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Gen 4:21 |
His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. |
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Gen 4:22 |
Zillah also bore Tubal-cain; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. |
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Gen 4:23 |
Lamech said to his wives: "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say: I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me. |
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Gen 4:24 |
"If Cain's revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech's is seventy-sevenfold." |
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Gen 4:25 |
And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, "God has appointed [fn] for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him." |
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Gen 4:26 |
To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord . |
ESV Footnotes:
- (4:1) Cain sounds like the Hebrew for gotten
- (4:7) Hebrew will there not be a lifting up [of your face]?
- (4:7) Or against
- (4:8) Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate add Let us go out to the field
- (4:13) Or My guilt is too great to bear
- (4:16) Nod means wandering
- (4:25) Seth sounds like the Hebrew for he appointed
