Genesis 4:1-16
Cain and Abel

1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

1:

2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

2:

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

3:

4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

4:

5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

5:

6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

6:

7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

7:

8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

8:

9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother’s keeper?

9:

10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

10:

11 And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

11:

12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

12:

13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.

13:

14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, [that] every one that findeth me shall slay me.

14:

15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

15:

16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

16:

NOTES: