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Si Cain at si Abel

Sinipingan ni Adan ang kanyang asawa at ito'y nagdalang-tao. Nang isilang ang kanyang panganay na lalaki ay sinabi ni Eva: “Nagkaroon ako ng anak na lalaki sa tulong ni Yahweh.” Kaya Cain[a] ang ipinangalan niya rito. Sinundan si Cain ng isa pang anak na lalaki, at Abel naman ang ipinangalan dito. Naging pastol ito at si Cain naman ay naging magsasaka. Dumating ang panahon na si Cain ay naghandog kay Yahweh ng ani niya sa bukid. Kinuha(A) naman ni Abel ang isa sa mga panganay ng kanyang kawan. Pinatay niya ito at inihandog ang pinakamainam na bahagi. Si Yahweh ay nasiyahan kay Abel at sa kanyang handog, ngunit hindi niya kinalugdan si Cain at ang handog nito. Dahil dito, hindi mailarawan ang mukha ni Cain sa tindi ng galit. Kaya't sinabi ni Yahweh, “Anong ikinagagalit mo, Cain? Bakit ganyan ang mukha mo? Kung mabuti ang ginawa mo, dapat kang magsaya. Kung masama naman, ang kasalana'y tulad ng mabangis na hayop na laging nag-aabang upang lapain ka. Nais nitong pagharian ka. Kaya't kailangang mapaglabanan mo ito.”

Isang(B) araw, niyaya ni Cain ang kanyang kapatid, “Abel, pumunta tayo sa bukid.” Sumama naman ito, ngunit pagdating nila sa bukid ay pinatay ni Cain si Abel.

Tinanong ni Yahweh si Cain, “Nasaan ang kapatid mong si Abel?”

Sumagot siya, “Hindi ko alam. Bakit, ako ba'y tagapag-alaga ng aking kapatid?”

10 At(C) sinabi ni Yahweh, “Cain, ano itong ginawa mo? Sumisigaw sa akin mula sa lupa ang dugo ng iyong kapatid, at humihingi ng katarungan. 11 Sinusumpa kita ngayon, at hindi mo na maaaring bungkalin ang lupa dahil dumanak doon ang dugo ng kapatid mo na iyong pinaslang. 12 Bungkalin mo man ang lupa upang tamnan, hindi ka mag-aani; wala kang matitirhan at magiging lagalag ka sa daigdig.”

13 “Napakabigat namang parusa ito!” sabi ni Cain kay Yahweh. 14 “Ngayong pinapalayas mo ako sa lupaing ito upang malayo sa iyong paningin, at maglagalag sa daigdig, papatayin ako ng sinumang makakakita sa akin.”

15 “Hindi,” sagot ni Yahweh. “Paparusahan ng pitong ibayo ang sinumang papatay sa iyo.” Kaya't nilagyan ni Yahweh ng palatandaan si Cain upang maging babala sa sinuman na ito'y hindi dapat patayin. 16 Iniwan ni Cain si Yahweh at tumira siya sa lupain ng Nod, isang lugar sa silangan ng Eden.

Ang Angkan ni Cain

17 Sinipingan ni Cain ang kanyang asawa, nagdalang-tao ito at nagkaanak ng isang lalaki na pinangalanang Enoc. Pagkatapos, nagtayo si Cain ng isang lunsod at ito'y tinawag na Enoc, bilang alaala sa kanyang anak. 18 Si Enoc ang ama ni Irad na ama ni Mehujael. Anak naman nito si Metusael na ama ni Lamec. 19 Nag-asawa si Lamec ng dalawa, sina Ada at Zilla. 20 Naging anak ni Ada si Jabal, ang ninuno ng mga nagpapastol ng mga baka at ng mga tumitira sa tolda. 21 Kapatid nito si Jubal na siya namang ninuno ng mga manunugtog ng alpa at plauta. 22 Naging anak naman ni Zilla si Tubal-cain na ninuno ng lahat ng panday ng mga kagamitang tanso at bakal. Si Tubal-cain ay may kapatid na babae, si Naama. 23 Sinabi ni Lamec sa dalawa niyang asawa:

“Dinggin ninyo itong aking sasabihin,
    Ada at Zilla, mga asawa kong giliw;
may pinatay akong isang kabataan,
    sapagkat ako'y kanyang sinugatan.
24 Kung saktan si Cain, ang parusang gawad sa gagawa nito'y pitong patong agad;
    ngunit kapag ako ang siyang sinaktan, pitumpu't pitong patong ang kaparusahan.”

Ang Angkan ni Set

25 Muling sinipingan ni Adan ang kanyang asawa, at ito'y nanganak ng isa pang lalaki. Sinabi ng ina, “Binigyan ako ng Diyos ng kapalit ni Abel na pinatay ni Cain;” at ito'y tinawag niyang Set.[b] 26 Si Set ang ama ni Enos. Noon nagsimulang tumawag sa pangalan ni Yahweh ang mga tao sa kanilang pagsamba.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:1 CAIN: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang mga salitang “Cain” at “nakuha” ay magkasintunog.
  2. Genesis 4:25 SET: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang mga salitang “Set” at “binigyan” ay magkasintunog.
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Cain Murders Abel

Adam made love to his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have gotten the man that Yahweh promised.” Then she gave birth to another child, Abel, Cain’s brother. Abel was a shepherd, and Cain was a farmer.

Later Cain brought some crops from the land as an offering to Yahweh. Abel also brought some choice parts of the firstborn animals from his flock. Yahweh approved of Abel and his offering, but he didn’t approve of Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry and was disappointed. Then Yahweh asked Cain, “Why are you angry, and why do you look disappointed? If you do well, won’t you be accepted? But if you don’t do well, sin is lying outside your door ready to attack. It wants to control you, but you must master it.”

Cain talked to his brother Abel. Later, when they were in the fields, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Yahweh asked Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”

“I don’t know,” he answered. “Am I supposed to take care of my brother?”

10 Yahweh asked, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground. 11 So now you are cursed from the ground, which has received the blood of your brother whom you killed. 12 When you farm the ground, it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a fugitive, a wanderer on the earth.”

13 But Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is more than I can stand! 14 You have forced me off this land today. I have to hide from you and become a fugitive, a wanderer on the earth. Now anyone who finds me will kill me!”

15 So Yahweh said to him, “Not so! Anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Yahweh gave Cain a sign so that anyone meeting him would not kill him.

16 Then Cain left Yahweh’s presence and lived in Nod [The Land of Wandering], east of Eden.

Cain’s Ten Descendants—Cain to Lamech

17 Cain made love to his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named it Enoch after his son. 18 To Enoch was born Irad. Irad was the father of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael. And Methushael was the father of Lamech.

19 Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. 20 Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the first person to live in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother’s name was Jubal. He was the first person to play the harp and the flute. 22 Zillah also had a son, Tubalcain, who made bronze and iron tools. Tubalcain’s sister was Naamah.

23 Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah, listen to me!
Wives of Lamech, hear what I say!
    I killed a man for bruising me,
        a young man for wounding me.
24 If Cain is avenged 7 times,
    then Lamech, 77 times.”

Adam’s Godly Descendants—Adam to Enosh

25 Adam made love to his wife again. She gave birth to a son and named him Seth, because she said, “Elohim has given[a] me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

26 A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to worship Yahweh.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:25 There is a play on words here between Hebrew sheth (Seth) and shath (given).

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.

And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

And 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 slew him.

And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

13 And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

15 And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.