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Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let`s go into the field." It happened, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.
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Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I don`t know. Am I my brother`s keeper?"
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Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother`s blood cries to me from the ground.
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Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother`s blood from your hand.
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From now on, when you till the ground, it won`t yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."
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Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
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Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."
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Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should strike him.
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Cain went out from Yahweh`s presence, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
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Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
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To Enoch was born Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
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Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
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Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.
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His brother`s name was Jubal, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe.
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Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron. Tubal-Cain`s sister was Naamah.
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Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, For I have slain a man for wounding me, A young man for bruising me.