¹And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived, and she bore Cain, and she said, “I have got a man – the Lord.” ²Then she gave birth again, to his brother, Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of small cattle, whereas Cain became a tiller of the ground. ³And it came to pass, after a number of days, that Cain brought some fruit of the ground as an offering to the Lord. ⁴And Abel also brought an offering, from the firstlings of his small cattle, and from their fat. And the Lord looked upon Abel and his offering with favour. ⁵But he did not look upon Cain and his offering with favour, and it infuriated Cain greatly, and he became crestfallen. ⁶And the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you infuriated and why are you crestfallen? ⁷If you do well, is there not exaltation? And if you do not do well, a sin-offering is lying at the door, and its desire is towards you, and you may rule over it.” ⁸Then Cain spoke to Abel his brother, and it came to pass while they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. ⁹At this the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?” ¹⁰Whereupon he said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground. ¹¹So now you are more cursed than the ground which opened its mouth to receive the blood of your brother at your hand. ¹²When you till the ground, it will not give you its vigour any more; a nomad and a fugitive you will be on the earth.” ¹³Then Cain said to the Lord, “My iniquity is too great to bear. ¹⁴Look, you have driven me out today from the face of the ground, and I will be hiding from your presence. And I have become a nomad and a fugitive on the earth, and it will come to pass that anyone who finds me will kill me.” ¹⁵Then the Lord said to him, “That is why anyone who kills Cain will have vengeance taken on him seven times over.” And the Lord put a sign on Cain so that no-one who found him should strike him. ¹⁶So Cain departed from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod to the east of Eden. ¹⁷And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and she bore Enoch, and he became a builder of a city, and he called the city after the name of his son, Enoch. ¹⁸Then Irad was born to Enoch, and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech. ¹⁹Now Lamech took for himself two wives; the name of one was Adah and the name of the other was Zillah. ²⁰And Adah bore Jabal. He became the father of those who live in tents and have cattle. ²¹And the name of his brother was Jubal. He became the father of all those who play the harp and flute. ²²And Zillah also gave birth, to Tubal-Cain, a sharpener of all copper and iron cutters. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah. ²³And Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah,

Hear my voice.

You wives of Lamech,

Listen to my saying,

For I have killed a man to my wounding,

And a youth to my scarring.

²⁴Inasmuch as Cain will be avenged seven times over,

So Lamech will be seventy-seven times.”

²⁵Then Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and she called him Seth, “For”, she said, “God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain killed him.” ²⁶And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enos. At that time people began to call on the name of the Lord.

Reference(s) in Chapter 4: v.8 ↔ 1 John 3:12.