(NIV)
Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, ‘With the help of the
Lord I have brought forth a man.’
Now
Adam knew Eve his
wife, and she
conceived and
bore Cain,
saying, “I have
gotten a
man with the help of the
Lord.”
(NIV)
Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.
Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
And
again, she
bore his
brother Abel. Now
Abel was a
keeper of
sheep, and
Cain a
worker of the
ground.
(NIV)
In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the
Lord.
In the
course of
time Cain brought to the
Lord an
offering of the
fruit of the
ground,
(NIV)
but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favour. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
but for
Cain and his
offering he had
no regard. So
Cain was
very angry, and his
face fell.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
The
Lord said to
Cain, “
Why are you
angry, and
why has your
face fallen?
(NIV)
Now Cain said to his brother Abel, ‘Let’s go out to the field.’ While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Cain spoke to Abel his
brother. And when they were in the
field,
Cain rose up against his
brother Abel and
killed him.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’
‘I don’t know,’ he replied. ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’
Then the
Lord said to
Cain, “
Where is
Abel your
brother?” He
said,
“I do
not know; am I my
brother’s keeper?”
(NIV)
Cain said to the
Lord, ‘My punishment is more than I can bear.
Cain said to the
Lord, “My
punishment is
greater than I can
bear.
(NIV)
But the
Lord said to him, ‘Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.’ Then the
Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
Then the
Lord said to him, “Not
so!
If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be
taken on him
sevenfold.” And the
Lord put a
mark on
Cain,
lest any who
found him should
attack him.
(NIV)
So Cain went out from the
Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Then
Cain went away from the
presence of the
Lord and
settled in the
land of
Nod,
east of
Eden.
(NIV)
Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.
Cain knew his
wife, and she
conceived and
bore Enoch. When he
built a
city, he
called the
name of the
city after the
name of his
son,
Enoch.
(NIV)
Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah.
Zillah also bore Tubal-cain; he was the
forger of
all instruments of
bronze and
iron. The
sister of
Tubal-cain was
Naamah.
(NIV)
If Cain is avenged seven times,
then Lamech seventy-seven times.’
If Cain’s revenge is
sevenfold,
then
Lamech’s is
seventy-
sevenfold.”
(NIV)
Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, ‘God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.’
And
Adam knew his
wife again, and she
bore a
son and
called his
name Seth, for she said, “
God has
appointed for me
another offspring instead of
Abel,
for Cain killed him.”
(NIV)
yet you Kenites will be destroyed
when Ashur takes you captive.’
Nevertheless,
Kain shall be
burned when
Asshur takes you away
captive.”
(NIV)
Kain, Gibeah and Timnah – ten towns and their villages.
Kain,
Gibeah, and
Timnah:
ten cities with their
villages.
(NIV)
Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.
Now
Heber the
Kenite had
separated from the
Kenites, the
descendants of
Hobab the
father-in-law of
Moses, and had
pitched his
tent as
far away as the
oak in
Zaanannim,
which is near
Kedesh.
(NIV)
By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.
By
faith Abel offered to
God a
more acceptable sacrifice than Cain,
through which he
was commended as
righteous,
God commending him by
accepting his gifts.
And through his
faith, though he
died, he
still speaks.
(NIV)
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.
We should
not be
like Cain, who
was of the
evil one and murdered his brother.
And why did he
murder him?
Because his
own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.
(NIV)
Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.
Woe to
them!
For they
walked in the
way of
Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of
gain to
Balaam’s error and perished in
Korah’s rebellion.
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