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Cain Murders Abel

¹Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.” ²Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now ⚓Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. ³And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit ⚓of the ground to the Lord. ⁴Abel also brought of ⚓the firstborn of his flock and of ⚓their fat. And the Lord respected ⚓Abel and his offering, ⁵but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
⁶So the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? ⁷If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
⁸Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and ⚓killed him.
⁹Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?”
He said, ⚓“I do not know. Am I ⚓my brother’s keeper?”
¹⁰And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood ⚓cries out to Me from the ground. ¹¹So now ⚓you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. ¹²When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.”
¹³And Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear! ¹⁴Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; ⚓I shall be ⚓hidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that⚓anyone who finds me will kill me.”
¹⁵And the Lord said to him, “Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him ⚓sevenfold.” And the Lord set a ⚓mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.

The Family of Cain

¹⁶Then Cain ⚓went out from the ⚓presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden. ¹⁷And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Ē´noch. And he built a city, ⚓and called the name of the city after the name of his son—Ē´noch. ¹⁸To Ē´noch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech.
¹⁹Then Lamech took for himself ⚓two wives: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah. ²⁰And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. ²¹His brother’s name was Jubal. He was the father of all those who play the harp and flute. ²²And as for Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.
²³Then Lamech said to his wives:
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech!
For I have killed a man for wounding me,
Even a young man for hurting me.
²⁴⚓If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,
Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

A New Son

²⁵And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and ⚓named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.” ²⁶And as for Seth, ⚓to him also a son was born; and he named him Ē´nosh. Then men began ⚓to call on the name of the Lord.

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Y-Kain leh anăn Y-Aƀel

¹Y-Ađam dôk hŏng H'Êwơ mô̆ ñu; gơ̆ ba tian leh anăn kkiêng kơ Y-Kain, leh anăn gơ̆ lač, “Kâo mâo leh sa čô êkei hŏng klei Khua Yang đru.” ²H'Êwơ lŏ kkiêng kơ Y-Aƀel, adei Y-Kain. Y-Aƀel jing mgăt biăp, ƀiădah Y-Kain jing mnuih ngă hma. ³Sui ƀiă tinăn Y-Kain ba mnơ̆ng myơr kơ Khua Yang boh mơ̆ng lăn. ⁴ Bi Y-Aƀel myơr phung êđai biăp mđai tal êlâo leh anăn prăi digơ̆. Khua Yang tŭ Y-Aƀel leh anăn mnơ̆ng ñu myơr. ⁵Ƀiădah Khua Yang amâo tŭ ôh Y-Kain leh anăn mnơ̆ng ñu myơr. Y-Kain ăl snăk leh anăn ƀô̆ mta ñu ktrŏ. ⁶Khua Yang lač kơ Y-Kain, “Si ngă ih ăl leh anăn ƀô̆ mta ih ktrŏ? ⁷Tơdah ih ngă jăk, amâo djŏ hĕ kâo srăng tŭ ih? Tơdah ih amâo ngă jăk ôh, klei soh dôk kăp ti ƀăng bhă čiăng mă ih, ƀiădah brei ih dưi hŏng ñu.”
⁸ Y-Kain blŭ hŏng adei ñu Y-Aƀel: “Bơ drei nao kơ hma”. Leh anăn êjai diñu dôk hlăm hma, Y-Kain kjač ngă kơ Y-Aƀel adei ñu leh anăn bi mdjiê hĕ gơ̆. ⁹Leh anăn Yêhôwa lač kơ Y-Kain, “Ti adei ih Y-Aƀel lĕ?” Y-Kain lač, “Kâo amâo thâo ôh; djŏ mơ̆ kâo jing pô răng kriê kơ adei kâo?” ¹⁰ Leh anăn Khua Yang lač, “Ya klei ih ngă leh? Asăp êrah adei ih ur mơ̆ng lăn truh kơ kâo. ¹¹Ară anei hin ih mâo klei tăm pah leh mơ̆ng lăn, ñu ha leh ƀăng êgei ƀơ̆ng êrah adei ih mơ̆ng kngan ih. ¹²Tơdah ih tlăng ksul hma, lăn amâo srăng lŏ mboh lu ôh kơ ih; ih srăng jing sa čô pô đuĕ nanao leh anăn hiu rưng ti lăn ala.” ¹³Y-Kain lač kơ Khua Yang, “Klei bi kmhal kâo jing prŏng hĭn kơ kâo dưi tŭ. ¹⁴Nĕ anei, ih suôt kâo leh hruê anei mơ̆ng lăn anei, leh anăn mdăp kâo mơ̆ng ƀô̆ mta ih; kâo srăng jing sa čô pô đuĕ nanao leh anăn hiu rưng ti lăn ala, leh anăn hlei pô tuôm hŏng kâo srăng bi mdjiê hĕ kâo.” ¹⁵Ƀiădah Khua Yang lač kơ ñu, “Hơăi! Tơdah hlei pô bi mdjiê Y-Kain, arăng srăng rŭ ênua kơ ñu kjuh bliư̆.” Snăn Yêhôwa ngă klei bi knăl kơ Y-Kain, čiăng kơ hlei pô tuôm hŏng ñu amâo bi mdjiê ñu ôh. ¹⁶Leh anăn Y-Kain đuĕ mơ̆ng anăp Khua Yang, leh anăn nao dôk hlăm čar Nôt tĭng ngŏ Êđen.

Phung Anak Čô Y-Kain

¹⁷Y-Kain dôk hŏng mô̆ ñu; gơ̆ ba tian leh anăn kkiêng kơ Y-Ênŏk. Ñu ngă sa boh ƀuôn leh anăn bi anăn ƀuôn Ênôk tui si anăn anak ñu. ¹⁸Y-Ênŏk jing ama kơ Y-Irat; Y-Irat jing ama kơ Y-Mêhujaêl; Y-Mêhujaêl jing ama kơ Y-Mêthusaêl; Y-Mêthusaêl jing ama kơ Y-Lamek. ¹⁹Y-Lamek dôk dua čô mô̆; anăn mô̆ tal sa H'Ada, anăn mô̆ tal dua H'Sila. ²⁰H'Ada kkiêng kơ Y-Jabal; ñu jing aê phŭn kơ phung dôk hlăm sang čhiăm leh anăn rông hlô mnơ̆ng. ²¹Anăn adei ñu Y-Jubal; ñu jing aê phŭn kơ jih phung pĕ brô̆ leh anăn ayŭ đĭng buôt. ²²H'Sila kkiêng kơ Y-Tubal-Kain; ñu yơh pô tia mnơ̆ng hŏng kông leh anăn msei. Anăn adei mniê Y-Tubal-Kain jing H'Nama. ²³Y-Lamek lač kơ dua čô mô̆ ñu,
“Ơ H'Ada leh anăn H'Sila, hmư̆ bĕ asăp kâo;
Ơ phung mô̆ Y-Lamek, mđing knga kơ klei kâo blŭ.
Kâo bi mdjiê leh sa čô mnuih kyua ñu bi êka kâo,
sa čô êkei êdam kyua ñu čăm kâo.
²⁴ Tơdah arăng rŭ ênua kjuh bliư̆ kơ Y-Kain,
sĭt nik arăng srăng rŭ ênua kơ Y-Lamek kjuh pluh kjuh bliư̆.”

Phung Anak Čô Y-Set

²⁵Y-Ađam lŏ dôk hŏng mô̆ ñu; gơ̆ kkiêng kơ sa čô anak êkei leh anăn gơ̆ bi anăn anak anăn Y-Set, kyuadah gơ̆ lač, “Aê Diê brei kơ kâo leh sa čô anak êkei mkăn hrô Y-Aƀel, pô Y-Kain bi mdjiê leh.” ²⁶Y-Set mâo mơh anak êkei leh anăn ñu bi anăn gơ̆ Y-Ênôs. Mơ̆ng ênuk anăn phung mnuih dơ̆ng iêu wah lač kơ anăn Khua Yang.