Genesis 4
Evangelical Heritage Version
The First Children: Cain and Abel
4 The man was intimate with Eve, his wife. She conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have gotten a man with the Lord.”[a] 2 She also gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel.
Abel tended sheep, but Cain worked the ground. 3 As time passed, one day Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit of the soil. 4 Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. The Lord looked favorably on Abel and his offering, 5 but he did not look favorably on Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and his face showed it.
6 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why do you have that angry look on your face?[b] 7 If you do good, will you not be lifted up? If you do not do good, sin is crouching at the door. It has a strong desire for you, but you must rule over it.”
8 Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.”[c] When they were in the field, Cain attacked Abel, his brother, and killed him.
9 The Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?”
He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
10 The Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the soil. 11 Now you are cursed and sent away from the soil[d] which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you work the soil, it will no longer give its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
13 Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is too great for me to bear. 14 Look, today you have driven me away from the soil. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth. And whoever finds me will kill me.”
15 The Lord said to him, “No![e] If anyone kills Cain, he will face sevenfold revenge.” And the Lord appointed a sign for[f] Cain, so that anyone who found him would not strike him down.
The Descendants of Cain
16 Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod,[g] east of Eden.
17 Cain was intimate with his wife. She conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Cain built a city and named the city after his son Enoch. 18 To Enoch, Irad was born. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
19 Lamech took two wives. The name of one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah. 20 Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the predecessor[h] of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother’s name was Jubal, who was the predecessor of all who play the lyre and flute. 22 Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, who made all kinds of tools and weapons from bronze and iron. Tubal Cain’s sister was Na’amah.
23 Lamech said to his wives:
Adah and Zillah, hear my voice.
You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech.
Look, I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for bruising me.
24 If Cain will be avenged seven times,
then Lamech will be avenged seventy-seven times.
The Family Line of Seth
25 Adam was intimate with his wife again. She gave birth to a son and named him Seth,[i] because she said, “God has set another child in place of Abel for me, since Cain killed him.” 26 Later a son was born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. This is when people began to proclaim[j] the name of the Lord.
Footnotes
- Genesis 4:1 Or, following Luther’s translation, I have gotten a man, the Lord. The Jerusalem Targum reads I have acquired a man, the Angel of the Lord. Cain means get or acquire.
- Genesis 4:6 Literally why has your face fallen
- Genesis 4:8 The words let’s go into the field, which are missing from the Hebrew text, are supplied from the ancient versions.
- Genesis 4:11 Here and in verse 14 the Hebrew word adamah, which can be translated ground or land, refers to the soil that Cain worked.
- Genesis 4:15 The translation no is supported by the ancient versions. The Hebrew reads very well then.
- Genesis 4:15 Or placed a mark on
- Genesis 4:16 Nod means wandering.
- Genesis 4:20 Literally father, that is, the founder of this way of life
- Genesis 4:25 Seth sounds like the Hebrew word for set or place.
- Genesis 4:26 Or call on
1 Mosebok 4
Svenska Folkbibeln
Kain och Abel
4 Mannen kände[a] sin hustru Eva, och hon blev havande och födde Kain. Då sade hon: "Jag har fått en man från Herren."[b]
2 Hon födde ännu en son, Abel, Kains bror. Abel blev herde och Kain blev åkerbrukare.
3 Efter en tid hände sig att Kain bar fram en offergåva åt Herren av markens gröda. 4 Även Abel bar fram sin gåva av det förstfödda i sin hjord, av djurens fett. Och Herren såg till Abel och hans offer, 5 men till Kain och hans offer såg han inte. Då blev Kain mycket vred och hans blick blev mörk. 6 Och Herren sade till Kain: "Varför är du vred och varför är din blick så mörk? 7 Är det inte så att om du gör det som är gott, ser du frimodigt upp, men om du inte gör det som är gott, då lurar synden vid dörren. Den har begär till dig, men du skall råda över den."
8 Kain talade med sin bror Abel,[c] och medan de var ute på marken överföll Kain sin bror och dödade honom. 9 Och Herren sade till Kain: "Var är din bror Abel?" Han svarade: "Jag vet inte. Skall jag hålla reda på min bror?" 10 Då sade han: "Vad har du gjort? Hör, din brors blod ropar till mig från marken! 11 Nu är du förbannad mer än den jord som har öppnat sin mun för att ta emot din brors blod av din hand. 12 När du brukar jorden skall den inte längre ge dig sin gröda. Kringflackande och hemlös skall du vara på jorden." 13 Kain sade då till Herren: "Mitt brott är för stort för att förlåtas.[d]
14 Se, i dag driver du mig bort från åkerjorden, och jag är dold för ditt ansikte. Kringflackande och hemlös kommer jag att vara på jorden, så att vem som helst som träffar på mig kan döda mig." 15 Men Herren sade till honom: "Kain skall bli hämnad sjufalt, vem som än dödar honom." Och Herren satte ett tecken på Kain så att ingen som träffade på honom skulle döda honom. 16 Så gick Kain bort från Herrens ansikte och bosatte sig i landet Nod, öster om Eden.
Kains släkttavla
17 Kain kände sin hustru och hon blev havande och födde Hanok. Och Kain byggde en stad och kallade den Hanok efter sin son.
18 Åt Hanok föddes Irad, och Irad blev far till Mehujael. Mehujael blev far till Metusael, och Metusael blev far till Lemek.
19 Lemek tog sig två hustrur, den ena hette Ada och den andra Silla. 20 Ada födde Jabal. Han blev stamfader till dem som bor i tält och är boskapsskötare.
21 Hans bror hette Jubal. Han blev stamfader till alla dem som spelar harpa och flöjt.
22 Silla födde också en son, Tubal-Kain. Han var smed och gjorde alla slags redskap av koppar och järn. Tubal-Kains syster hette Naama.
23 Lemek sade till sina hustrur:
"Ada och Silla,
hör på mig!
Ni Lemeks hustrur,
lyssna till mina ord:
En man har jag dödat för varje sår
och en ung man för varje blåmärke.
24 Ja, sju gånger blir Kain hämnad,
men Lemek sjuttiosju gånger."
Set
25 Adam kände åter sin hustru, och hon födde en son som hon gav namnet Set. Hon sade: "Gud har gett mig en annan avkomling i stället för Abel, eftersom Kain dödade honom."
26 Också Set fick en son och han gav honom namnet Enos. Vid den tiden började man åkalla Herrens namn.
Footnotes
- 1 Mosebok 4:1 kände Det hebreiska ordet för "känna" har ofta innebörden "ha nära gemenskap med, ha intimt umgänge med", se också 1 Mos 4:17, 25, 19:5, 8, 24:16, 38:26, Dom 19:22, 25.
- 1 Mosebok 4:1 från Herren Annan översättning: "med Herrens hjälp", eller "nämligen Herrens man", dvs den som Herren utlovat i 3:15.
- 1 Mosebok 4:8 Den samaritanska grundtexten och de äldre översättningarna tillägger efter "Abel": "Låt oss gå ut på marken".
- 1 Mosebok 4:13 förlåtas Annan översättning: "bäras".
Genesis 4
King James Version
4 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.
17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
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