MKJV - Genesis - 4

4:1  And Adam knew Eve his wife. And she conceived and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

4:2  And she bore again, his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

4:3  And in the end of days, it happened, Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground.

4:4  And Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat of it. And the LORD had respect to Abel and to his offering,

4:5  but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell.

4:6  And the LORD said to Cain, Why have you angrily glowed? And why did your face fall?

4:7  If you do well, shall you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin crouches at the door; and its desire is for you, and you shall rule over it.

4:8  And Cain talked with his brother Abel. And it happened when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

4:9  And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?

4:10  And He said, What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to Me from the ground.

4:11  And now you are cursed more than the ground which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

4:12  When you till the ground, it will not again give its strength to you. And you shall be a vagabond and a fugitive in the earth.

4:13  And Cain said to the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

4:14  Behold! You have driven me out from the face of the earth today, and I shall be hidden from Your face. And I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth, and it shall be that anyone who finds me shall kill me.

4:15  And the LORD said to him, Therefore whoever kills Cain shall be avenged seven times. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain so that anyone who found him should not kill him.

4:16  And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and lived in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

4:17  And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

4:18  And Irad was born to Enoch. And Irad fathered Mehujael. And Mehujael fathered Methusael. And Methusael fathered Lamech.

4:19  And Lamech took two wives to himself. The name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah.

4:20  And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and with cattle.

4:21  And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those playing the harp and the organ.

4:22  And Zillah also bore Tubalcain, the hammerer of every engraving tool of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

4:23  And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have killed a man because of my wound, and a young man because of my hurt.

4:24  For Cain is avenged seven times, and Lamech seventy-seven times.

4:25  And Adam knew his wife again. And she bore a son, and called his name Seth. For she said, God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain killed him.

4:26  And there was also a son born to Seth, and he called his name Enos. Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD.