KJ3 Literal Translation
Genesis 4
1 Birth of Cain and Abel. 8 Murder of Abel. 11 Curse of Cain. 17 Enoch the first city. 19 Lamech and his two wives. 25 Birth of Seth, 26 and Enos.
1And the man knew his wife Eve. And she conceived and bore Cain, and she said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah.
2And she added to bear his brother, Abel. And Abel became a feeder of a flock. And Cain became a tiller of the ground.
3And in the end of days, it happened that Cain brought an offering to Jehovah from the fruit of the ground.
4And Abel brought, he also, from the firstlings of his flocks, even from their fat. And Jehovah looked to Abel and to his offering.
5And He did not look to Cain and to his offering. And Cain burned greatly, and his face fell.
6And Jehovah said to Cain, Why have you burned, and why has your face fallen?
7If you do well, is there not exaltation? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is toward you; but you should rule over it.
8And Cain talked with his brother Abel. And it happened as they were in the field, Cain rose up against His brother Abel, and killed him.
9And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?
10And He said, What have you done? The voice of the blood of your brother cries to Me from the ground.
11And now you are cursed more than the ground which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
12When you till the ground, it will not again give its strength to you. You shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth.
13And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
14Behold! You have driven me out from the face of the earth today. And I shall be hidden from Your face. And I shall be one moving about and wandering on the earth. And it will be that anyone who finds me shall kill me.
15And Jehovah said to him, If anyone kills Cain, he shall be avenged sevenfold. And Jehovah set a mark on Cain, so that anyone who found him should not kill him.
16And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah. And he lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
17And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and he called the name of the city according to the name of his son, Enoch.
18And Irad was born to Enoch; and Irad fathered Mehujael and Mehujael fathered Methusael; and Methusael fathered Lamech.
19And Lamech took two wives to himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.
20And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those living in tents, and had cattle.
21And the name of his brother was Jubal; he was the father of all who handle the harp and the pipe.
22And Zillah also bore Tubalcain, the hammerer of every engraving tool of copper and iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
23And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, wives of Lamech; listen to my words; for I have killed a man because of my wound, and a young man because of my hurt.
24For Cain is avenged sevenfold, and Lamech seventy seven.
25And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son. And she called his name Seth, for God has appointed to me another seed in place of Abel because Cain killed him.
26And a son was also born to Seth, and he called his name, Enosh. Then it was begun to call on the name of Jehovah.
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