⁸ Cain ^[a]told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and ^(A)killed him.

⁹ Then the Lord said to Cain, “^(B)Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” ¹⁰ He said, “What have you done? ^(C)The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground. ¹¹ Now ^(D)you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. ^12 (E)When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; ^(F)you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth.” ¹³ Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is too great to bear! ¹⁴ Behold, You have ^(G)driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and ^(H)I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and ^(I)whoever finds me will kill me.” ¹⁵ So the Lord said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him ^(J)sevenfold.” And the Lord ^[b](K)appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him.

¹⁶ Then Cain went out from the presence ^(L)of the Lord, and ^[c]settled in the land of ^[d]Nod, east of Eden.

¹⁷ Cain ^[e]had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son. ¹⁸ Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad ^[f]became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael ^[g]became the father of Methushael, and Methushael ^[h]became the father of Lamech. ¹⁹ Lamech took to himself ^(M)two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah. ²⁰ Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. ²¹ His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. ²² As for Zillah, she also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of all implements of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

²³ Lamech said to his wives,

^25 (P)Adam ^[j]had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him ^[k]Seth, for, she said, “God ^[l]has appointed me another ^[m]offspring in place of Abel, ^(Q)for Cain killed him.” ²⁶ To Seth, to him also ^(R)a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began ^(S)to call ^[n]upon the name of the Lord.

⁴ By faith ^(A)Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he ^(B)obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying ^[a]about his ^(C)gifts, and through ^[b]faith, though ^(D)he is dead, he still speaks.