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Fyrsta bók Móse 4
Icelandic Bible
Fyrsta bók Móse 4
Icelandic Bible
4 Maðurinn kenndi konu sinnar Evu, og hún varð þunguð og fæddi Kain og mælti: "Sveinbarn hefi ég eignast með hjálp Drottins."
2 Og hún fæddi annað sinn, bróður hans, Abel. Abel varð hjarðmaður, en Kain jarðyrkjumaður.
3 Og er fram liðu stundir, færði Kain Drottni fórn af ávexti jarðarinnar.
4 En Abel færði einnig fórn af frumburðum hjarðar sinnar og af feiti þeirra.
5 Og Drottinn leit með velþóknun til Abels og fórnar hans, en til Kains og fórnar hans leit hann ekki með velþóknun. Þá reiddist Kain ákaflega og varð niðurlútur.
6 Þá mælti Drottinn til Kains: "Hví reiðist þú, og hví ert þú niðurlútur?
7 Er því ekki þannig farið: Ef þú gjörir rétt, þá getur þú verið upplitsdjarfur, en ef þú gjörir ekki rétt, þá liggur syndin við dyrnar og hefir hug á þér, en þú átt að drottna yfir henni?"
8 Þá sagði Kain við Abel bróður sinn: "Göngum út á akurinn!" Og er þeir voru á akrinum, réðst Kain á Abel bróður sinn og drap hann.
9 Þá sagði Drottinn við Kain: "Hvar er Abel bróðir þinn?" En hann mælti: "Það veit ég ekki. Á ég að gæta bróður míns?"
10 Og Drottinn sagði: "Hvað hefir þú gjört? Heyr, blóð bróður þíns hrópar til mín af jörðinni!
11 Og skalt þú nú vera bölvaður og burt rekinn af akurlendinu, sem opnaði munn sinn til að taka á móti blóði bróður þíns af þinni hendi.
12 Þegar þú yrkir akurlendið, skal það eigi framar gefa þér gróður sinn. Landflótta og flakkandi skalt þú vera á jörðinni."
13 Og Kain sagði við Drottin: "Sekt mín er meiri en svo, að ég fái borið hana!
14 Sjá, nú rekur þú mig burt af akurlendinu, og ég verð að felast fyrir augliti þínu og vera landflótta og flakkandi á jörðinni, og hver, sem hittir mig, mun drepa mig."
15 Þá sagði Drottinn við hann: "Fyrir því skal hver, sem drepur Kain, sæta sjöfaldri hegningu." Og Drottinn setti Kain merki þess, að enginn, sem hitti hann, skyldi drepa hann.
16 Þá gekk Kain burt frá augliti Drottins og settist að í landinu Nód fyrir austan Eden.
17 Kain kenndi konu sinnar, og hún varð þunguð og fæddi Henok. En hann var að byggja borg og nefndi borgina eftir nafni sonar síns Henok.
18 Og Henoki fæddist Írad, og Írad gat Mehújael, og Mehújael gat Metúsael, og Metúsael gat Lamek.
19 Lamek tók sér tvær konur. Hét önnur Ada, en hin Silla.
20 Og Ada ól Jabal. Hann varð ættfaðir þeirra, sem í tjöldum búa og fénað eiga.
21 En bróðir hans hét Júbal. Hann varð ættfaðir allra þeirra, sem leika á gígjur og hjarðpípur.
22 Og Silla ól einnig son, Túbal-Kain, sem smíðaði úr kopar og járni alls konar tól. Og systir Túbal-Kains var Naama.
23 Lamek sagði við konur sínar: Ada og Silla, heyrið orð mín, konur Lameks, gefið gaum ræðu minni! Mann drep ég fyrir hvert mitt sár og ungmenni fyrir hverja þá skeinu, sem ég fæ.
24 Verði Kains hefnt sjö sinnum, þá skal Lameks hefnt verða sjö og sjötíu sinnum!
25 Og Adam kenndi enn að nýju konu sinnar, og hún ól son og kallaði hann Set. "Því að nú hefir Guð," kvað hún, "gefið mér annað afkvæmi í stað Abels, þar eð Kain drap hann."
26 En Set fæddist og sonur, og nefndi hann nafn hans Enos. Þá hófu menn að ákalla nafn Drottins.
Genesis 4
New International Version
Genesis 4
New International Version
Cain and Abel
4 Adam[a] made love to his wife(A) Eve,(B) and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.[b](C) She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth[c] a man.” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.(D)
Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.(E) 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering(F) to the Lord.(G) 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions(H) from some of the firstborn of his flock.(I) The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,(J) 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?(K) 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;(L) it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.(M)”
8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”[d] While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.(N)
9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”(O)
“I don’t know,(P)” 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.(Q) 11 Now you are under a curse(R) 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.(S) You will be a restless wanderer(T) on the earth.(U)”
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;(V) I will be a restless wanderer on the earth,(W) and whoever finds me will kill me.”(X)
15 But the Lord said to him, “Not so[e]; anyone who kills Cain(Y) will suffer vengeance(Z) seven times over.(AA)” 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(AB) and lived in the land of Nod,[f] east of Eden.(AC)
17 Cain made love to his wife,(AD) and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city,(AE) and he named it after his son(AF) 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(AG) two women,(AH) 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(AI) and pipes.(AJ) 22 Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged(AK) all kinds of tools out of[g] 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(AL) a man for wounding me,
a young man for injuring me.
24 If Cain is avenged(AM) seven times,(AN)
then Lamech seventy-seven times.(AO)”
25 Adam made love to his wife(AP) again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth,[h](AQ) saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”(AR) 26 Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.(AS)
At that time people began to call on[i] the name of the Lord.(AT)
Footnotes
- Genesis 4:1 Or The man
- Genesis 4:1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for brought forth or acquired.
- Genesis 4:1 Or have acquired
- Genesis 4:8 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text does not have “Let’s go out to the field.”
- Genesis 4:15 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew Very well
- Genesis 4:16 Nod means wandering (see verses 12 and 14).
- Genesis 4:22 Or who instructed all who work in
- Genesis 4:25 Seth probably means granted.
- Genesis 4:26 Or to proclaim
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