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¹Adam knew* Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with the LORD’s help.” ² Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel.

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*meaning had sexual intercourse

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Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

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³ As time passed, Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit of the ground. ⁴ Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat.

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The LORD respected Abel and his offering, ⁵ but he didn’t respect Cain and his offering.

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Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.⁶ The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen? ⁷ 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.”

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⁸ Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.”

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While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.

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⁹ The LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

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¹⁰ The LORD said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground. ¹¹ Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.¹² From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.”

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¹³ Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.¹⁴ 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 in the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.”

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¹⁵ 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.¹⁶ Cain left the LORD’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.