The man knew 1 Eve his wife. She conceived, 2 and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with the LORD’s help.” 1Jn 3:12Gen 3:15Gen 4:25Gen 5:29Num 31:17 Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 1Jn 3:121Jn 3:15Luk 11:511Jn 3:10Gen 47:3Jhn 8:44Exo 3:1Psa 78:70-72 As time passed, Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit of the ground. Num 18:12Lev 2:1-111Ki 17:7Neh 13:6 Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. The LORD respected Abel and his offering, Heb 11:4Pro 3:9Exo 13:12Num 18:171Pe 1:19-202Ch 7:1Heb 9:22Lev 3:16-17 but he didn’t respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell. Heb 11:4Job 5:2Act 13:45Isa 3:10-11Luk 15:28-30Mat 20:15Psa 20:3Gen 31:2 The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen? Isa 1:18Job 5:2Luk 15:31-32Jer 2:31Mat 20:15Mic 6:3-5Jer 2:5Jhn 4:8-11 If you do well, won’t it be lifted up? If you don’t do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.” Jas 1:15Rom 2:6-10Isa 3:10-11Rom 6:16Heb 11:4Num 32:23Rom 12:1Rom 7:8-9 Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.” While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him. Mat 23:351Jn 3:12-15Jud 1:11Pro 26:24-26Luk 11:512Sa 14:6Heb 12:24Psa 24:3-6
The LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” Pro 28:13Jhn 8:44Psa 9:12Psa 10:13-14Act 5:4-9Gen 37:32Gen 3:9-11Job 22:13-14
He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
The LORD said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground. Heb 12:24Heb 11:4Psa 72:14Isa 5:7Jas 5:4Psa 9:12Num 35:33Rev 6:9-10 Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. Gal 3:10Job 16:18Deu 28:15-20Gen 3:14Deu 27:16-26Deu 29:19-21Gen 4:14Isa 26:21 From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” Hos 9:17Lev 26:20Lev 26:36Deu 28:23-24Deu 28:65-66Gen 3:17-18Gen 4:14Jer 20:3-4
Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. Job 15:22Rev 16:9Rev 16:11Rev 16:21 Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.” Num 35:19Job 15:20-24Psa 143:72Th 1:9Deu 28:65Pro 28:1Gen 4:15-16Gen 9:5-6
The LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” The LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that anyone finding him would not strike him. Ezk 9:4Psa 79:12Ezk 9:6Gen 4:24Rev 14:11Rev 14:91Ki 16:7Hos 1:4
Cain left the LORD’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden. 2Ki 13:232Ki 24:20Exo 20:18Gen 3:8Gen 4:14Jer 23:39Jer 52:3Job 2:7 Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and named the city after the name of his son, Enoch. Dan 4:30Ecc 2:4-11Psa 49:112Sa 18:18Gen 11:4Gen 5:18Gen 5:22Luk 17:28-29 Irad was born to Enoch. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech. Gen 36:2Gen 5:21 Lamech took two wives: the name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the second one was Zillah. Gen 2:24Gen 2:18Mat 19:4-6Mat 19:8 Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 1Ch 2:50-521Ch 4:4-5Gen 25:27Gen 4:2Gen 4:21Heb 11:9Jer 35:9-10Jhn 8:44 His brother’s name was Jubal, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe. Amo 6:5Gen 31:27Isa 5:12Job 21:12Rom 4:11-12 Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron. Tubal Cain’s sister was Naamah. 2Ch 2:7Deu 33:25Deu 8:9Exo 25:3Num 31:22 Lamech said to his wives, Exo 20:13Lev 19:18Num 23:18Jdg 9:7
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice.
You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech,
for I have slain a man for wounding me,
a young man for bruising me.
If Cain will be avenged seven times, Mat 18:22Gen 4:15
truly Lamech seventy-seven times.”
Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.” Gen 4:8Luk 3:381Ch 1:1Gen 4:1-3Gen 4:10-11Gen 5:3-4 A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the LORD’s name. Psa 116:171Ki 18:24Jol 2:32Zep 3:9Gen 12:8Gen 26:25Jer 33:16Luk 3:38