Genesis 4

¹And Adam knew Eve his wife, who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God.

²And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, & Cain a husbandman.

³And it befell after many days that Cain offered of the fruits of the earth gifts to our Lord.

⁴Abel also offered of the first-begotten of his flock, and of their fat: and our Lord had respect of Abel, & to his gifts.

⁵But to Cain, and to his gifts he had not respect: And Cain was exceeding angry, and his countenance abated.

⁶And our Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is thy countenance fallen?

⁷If thou do well, shall thou not receive again: but if thou doest ill, shall not thy sin forthwith be present at the door? But the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it.

⁸And 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.

⁹And our Lord said to Cain: Where is Abel thy brother? Who answered: I know not, am I my brother's keeper?

¹⁰And he said to him: what hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood cryeth to me out of the earth.

¹¹Now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth, & received the blood of thy brother at thy hand.

¹²When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee her fruit: a rogue and vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.

¹³And Cain said to our Lord: Mine iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon.

¹⁴Lo thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and I shall be a vagabond and fugitive on the earth: every one therefore that findeth me shall kill me.

¹⁵And our Lord said to him: No, it shall not so be: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be punished seven-fold. And our Lord put a mark on Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him.

¹⁶And Cain went forth from the face of our Lord, and dwelt as a fugitive on the earth at the east side of Eden.

¹⁷And Cain knew his wife, who conceived and brought forth Enoch: And he built a city, and called the name thereof by the name of his son, Enoch.

¹⁸Moreover Enoch begat Irad, and Irad begat Maviael, and Maviael begat Mathusael, and Mathusael begat Lamech.

¹⁹Who took two wives, the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other Sella.

²⁰And Ada brought forth Iabel, who was the father of them that dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.

²¹And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of them that sing on harp & organs.

²²Sella also brought forth Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and worker in all work of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Noema.

²³And Lamech said to his wives Ada and Sella: Hear my voice ye wives of Lamech, harken to my talk: for I have slain a man to the wounding of myself, and a stripling to mine own dry blow bruising.

²⁴Seven-fold vengeance shall be taken of Cain: but of Lamech seventy times seven-fold.

²⁵Adam also knew his wife again: and she brought forth a son, & called his name Seth, saying: God hath given me other seed for Abel, whom Cain slew.

²⁶But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos, this man began to invocate the name of our Lord.