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¹And the human had known Eve, his woman, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain and said, “I’ve created a man with YHWH.” ²And she went on to give birth to his brother, Abel. And Abel was a shepherd of flocks, and Cain was a worker of ground. ³And it was at the end of some days, and Cain brought an offering to YHWH from the fruit of the ground. ⁴And Abel brought, as well, from the firstborn of his flock and their fat. And YHWH paid attention to Abel and his offering ⁵and did not pay attention to Cain and his offering. And Cain was very upset, and his face was fallen.

⁶And YHWH said to Cain, “Why are you upset, and why has your face fallen? ⁷Is it not that if you do well you’ll be raised, and if you don’t do well then sin crouches at the threshold? And its desire will be for you. And you’ll dominate it.”

⁸And Cain said to his brother Abel. And it was while they were in the field, and Cain rose against Abel his brother and killed him.

⁹And YHWH said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?”

And he said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s watchman?”

¹⁰And He said, “What have you done? The sound! Your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground!^IIAnd now you’re cursed from the ground that opened its mouth to take your brother’s blood from your hand. ¹²When you work the ground it won’t continue to give its potency to you. You’ll be a roamer and rover in the earth.”

¹³And Cain said to YHWH, “My crime is greater than I can bear. ¹⁴Here, you’ve expelled me from the face of the ground today, and I’ll be hidden from your presence, and I’ll be a roamer and rover in the earth, and anyone who finds me will kill me.”

¹⁵And YHWH said to him, “Therefore: anyone who kills Cain, he’ll be avenged sevenfold.” And YHWH set a sign for Cain so that anyone who finds him would not strike him. ¹⁶And Cain went out from YHWH’s presence and lived in the land of roving, east of Eden.

¹⁷And Cain knew his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. And he was a builder of a city, and he called the name of the city like the name of his son: Enoch. ¹⁸And Irad was born to Enoch, and Irad fathered Mehuya-el, and Mehuya-el fathered Metusha-el, and Metusha-el fathered Lamech. ¹⁹And Lamech took two wives. The one’s name was Adah, and the second’s name was Zillah. ²⁰And Adah gave birth to Yabal. He was father of tent-dweller and cattleman. ^2IAnd his brother’s name was Yubal. He was father of every player of lyre and pipe. ²²And Zillah, too, gave birth to Tubal-Cain, forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah. ²³And Lamech said to his wives:

   Adah and Zillah, listen to my voice,

   Wives of Lamech, hear what I say.

   For I’ve killed a man for a wound to me

   And a boy for a hurt to me,

²⁴   For Cain will be avenged sevenfold

   And Lamech seventy-seven.

²⁵And Adam knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son, and she called his name Seth “because God put another seed for me in place of Abel because Cain killed him.” ²⁶And a son was born to Seth, him as well, and he called his name Enosh.^*

Then it was begun to invoke the name YHWH.^*