⁸ Then Cain ^[a]spoke to Abel his brother; and it happened when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and ^(A)killed him.

⁹ Then Yahweh said to Cain, “^(B)Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” ¹⁰ And He said, “What have you done? ^(C)The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to Me from the ground. ¹¹ And now, ^(D)cursed are you 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 And Cain said to Yahweh, “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 it will be that ^(I)whoever finds me will kill me.” ¹⁵ So Yahweh said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him ^(J)sevenfold.” And Yahweh ^[b](K)appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one who found him would strike him.

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

¹⁷ Then Cain ^[e]knew his wife, and she conceived and ^[f]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 ^[g]was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael ^[h]was the father of Methushael, and Methushael ^[i]was the father of Lamech. ¹⁹ And Lamech took for himself ^(M)two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah. ²⁰ And Adah ^[j]gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and have livestock. ²¹ And 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 ^[k]gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of all implements of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

²³ And Lamech said to his wives,

^25 (P)Then Adam ^[n]knew his wife again; and she ^[o]gave birth to a son and named him ^[p]Seth, for she said, “God ^[q]has set for me another ^[r]seed in place of Abel, ^(Q)for Cain killed him.” ²⁶ And to Seth, to him also, ^(R)a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began ^(S)to call ^[s]upon the name of Yahweh.

⁴ By faith ^(A)Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he ^(B)was approved as being righteous—God approving ^[a]his ^(C)gifts—and through ^[b]faith, though ^(D)he is dead, he still speaks.