Genesis 4:13-26

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹³ Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is too great to bear! ¹⁴ Behold, You have ^(A)driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and ^(B)I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and ^(C)whoever finds me will kill me.” ¹⁵ So the Lord said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him ^(D)sevenfold.” And the Lord ^[a](E)appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him.

¹⁶ Then Cain went out from the presence ^(F)of the Lord, and ^[b]settled in the land of ^[c]Nod, east of Eden.

¹⁷ Cain ^[d]had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son. ¹⁸ Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad ^[e]became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael ^[f]became the father of Methushael, and Methushael ^[g]became the father of Lamech. ¹⁹ Lamech took to himself ^(G)two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah. ²⁰ Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. ²¹ His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. ²² As for Zillah, she also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of all implements of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

²³ Lamech said to his wives,

^25 (J)Adam ^[i]had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him ^[j]Seth, for, she said, “God ^[k]has appointed me another ^[l]offspring in place of Abel, ^(K)for Cain killed him.” ²⁶ To Seth, to him also ^(L)a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began ^(M)to call ^[m]upon the name of the Lord.