Genesis


                                    Chapter 4


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

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

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

  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:

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

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

  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.

  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.

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

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

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

 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.

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

 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.

 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.

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