1And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man,” she said.
2Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.[ † ]Luke 11:50-51 3So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the Lord,[ † ]Numbers 18:12
4while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,[ † ]Numbers 18:17Leviticus 3:16Hebrews 11:4 5but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
6“Why are you angry,” said the Lord to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen? 7If 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, but you must master it.”
8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.[ † ]Matthew 23:35Luke 11:511 John 3:12-15Jude 11
9And the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”[ † ]John 8:441 Corinthians 8:11-13
10“What have you done?” replied the Lord. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.[ † ]Numbers 35:33Deuteronomy 21:1-9Hebrews 12:24Revelation 6:9-10 11Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.[ † ]Genesis 3:14Deuteronomy 11:28Deuteronomy 28:15-20Galatians 3:10 12When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
13But Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14Behold, 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.”[ † ]Psalms 51:11Deuteronomy 31:18Isaiah 1:15Genesis 9:6Numbers 35:19-21, 27
15“Not so!” 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.[ † ]Genesis 4:24Psalms 79:12Genesis 9:6Ezekiel 9:4-6
16So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.[ † ]2 Kings 13:232 Kings 24:20Jeremiah 23:39Jeremiah 52:3Jonah 1:3
17And 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.[ † ]Psalms 49:11
18Now 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. 19And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.[ † ]Genesis 2:24Genesis 16:31 Timothy 3:2
20Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock. 21And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
22And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
25And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”[ † ]Genesis 5:3
26And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the Lord.[ † ]Genesis 5:6Genesis 12:8Genesis 26:251 Kings 18:24Psalms 116:17Joel 2:32Zephaniah 3:91 Corinthians 1:2