²¹ The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.^{(A) 22} And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,^(B) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life^(C) and eat, and live forever.” ²³ So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden^(D) to work the ground^(E) from which he had been taken. ²⁴ After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side^[a] of the Garden of Eden^(F) cherubim^(G) and a flaming sword^(H) flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.^(I)

Cain and Abel

4 Adam^[b] made love to his wife^(J) Eve,^(K) and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.^[c](L) She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth^[d] a man.” ² Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.^(M)

Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.^{(N) 3} In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering^(O) to the Lord.^{(P) 4} And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions^(Q) from some of the firstborn of his flock.^(R) The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,^{(S) 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?^(T) 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;^(U) it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.^(V)”