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Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, "I have obtained a male child with the help of the LORD."

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

And again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a cultivator of the ground.

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

So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit 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 .

Abel, on his part also brought an offering, from the firstborn of his flock and from their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering;

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 for Cain and his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his face was gloomy.

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

Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why is your face gloomy?

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

"If you do well, will your face not be cheerful? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it."

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.

Cain talked to his brother Abel; and it happened that when they were in the field Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed 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.

Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

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

Then He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to Me from the ground.

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

"Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

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

"When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth."

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.

Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is too great to endure!

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

"Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and I will be hidden from Your face, and I will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."

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.

So the LORD said to him, "Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him seven times as much." And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one finding him would kill him.

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.

Then Cain left the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

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