Capítulo 4

1 - Adam Or [The man] made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. [Cain] sounds like the Hebrew for [brought forth] or [acquired.] She said, "With the help of the Lord I have brought forth Or [have acquired] a man."

2 - Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.

3 - In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord.

4 - And Abel also brought an offering - fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

5 - but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.

6 - Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?

7 - If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it."

8 - Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text does not have ["Let's go out to the field."] While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

9 - Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"

10 - The Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.

11 - Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

12 - When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."

13 - Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is more than I can bear.

14 - Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."

15 - But the Lord said to him, "Not so Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew [Very well]; 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.

16 - So Cain went out from the Lord's presence and lived in the land of Nod, [Nod] means [wandering] (see verses 12 and 14). east of Eden.

17 - 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.

18 - To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.

19 - Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

20 - Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.

21 - His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes.

22 - Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of Or [who instructed all who work in] bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.

23 - Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech, hear my words. I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me.

24 - If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times."

25 - Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, [Seth] probably means [granted.] saying, "God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him."

26 - Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on Or [to proclaim] the name of the Lord.