THE FIRST BOOKE OF MOSES, CALLED GENESIS. (ORIGINAL 1611 KJV â€” LARGE SCAN)

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CHAP. IV.

1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel. 8 The murder of Abel. 9 The curse of Cain. 17 Enoch the first citie. 19 Lamech and his two wiues. 25 The birth of Seth, 26 and Enos.

¹ And Adam knew Eue his wife, and shee conceiued, and bare Cain, and said, I haue gotten a man from the LORD.

² And she againe bare his brother Abel, and Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.²

³ And in processe of time it came to passe, that Cain brought of the fruite of the ground, an offering vnto the LORD.³

⁴ And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flocke, and of the fat thereof: and the LORD had respect vnto Abel, and to his offering.⁴

⁵ But vnto Cain, and to his offring he had not respect: and Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

⁶ And the LORD said vnto Cain, Why art thou wroth? And why is thy countenance fallen?

⁷ If thou doe well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sinne lieth at the doore: And vnto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule ouer him.⁷

⁸ And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to passe when they were in the field, that Cain rose vp against Abel his brother, and slew him.⁸

⁹ ¶ And the LORD said vnto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And hee said, I know not: Am I my brothers keeper?

¹⁰ And he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me, from the ground.¹⁰

¹¹ And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thy hand.

¹² When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yeeld vnto thee her strength: A fugitiue and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

¹³ And Cain said vnto the LORD, My punishment is greater, then I can beare.¹³

¹⁴ Behold, thou hast driuen me out this day from the face of the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and I shall be a fugitiue, and a vagabond in the earth: and it shall come to passe, that euery one that findeth me, shall slay me.

¹⁵ And the LORD said vnto him, Therefore whosoeuer slayeth Cain, vengeance shalbe taken on him seuen fold. And the LORD set a marke vpon 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 conceiued and bare Enoch, and hee builded a City, and called the name of the City, after the name of his sonne, Enoch.¹⁷

¹⁸ And vnto Enoch was borne Irad: and Irad begate Mehuiael, and Mehuiael begate Methusael, and Methusael begate Lamech.¹⁸

¹⁹ ¶ And Lamech tooke vnto him two wiues: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

²⁰ And Adah bare Iabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as haue cattell.

²¹ And his brothers name was Iubal: hee was the father of all such as handle the harpe and organ.

²² And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-Cain, an instructer of euery artificer in brasse and iron: and the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.²²

²³ And Lamech sayd vnto his wiues, Adah and Zillah, Heare my voyce, yee wiues of Lamech, hearken vnto my speech: for I haue slaine a man to my wounding, and a yong man to my hurt.²³

²⁴ If Cain shall bee auenged seuen fold, truely Lamech seuenty and seuen folde.

²⁵ ¶ And Adam knew his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, & called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed mee another seed in stead of Abel, whom Cain slew.²⁵

²⁶ And to Seth, to him also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enos: then began men to call vpon the Name of the LORD.²⁶

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Genesis Chapter 4

² Heb. Hebel. , Heb. a feeder.
³ Heb. at the end of dayes.
⁴ Heb. sheep, or goates. , Heb.11.4
⁷ Or, haue the excellencie? , Or, subiect vnto thee.
⁸ Wis.10.3 matth.23. 35. 1. iohn 3. 12. iude 11.
¹⁰ Heb. bloods
¹³ Or, my iniquitie is greater, then that it may be forgiuen.
¹⁷ Heb. Chanoch.
¹⁸ Hebr. Lemech.
²² Heb. whetter.
²³ Or, I would slay a man in my wound, &c. , Or, in my hurt.
²⁵ Hebr. Sheth.
²⁶ Hebr. Enosh. , Or, to call themselues by the Name of the Lord.

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