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4:15
The mark on Cain
The Bible doesn’t say what kind of
mark God placed on Cain, but it was
a warning sign to protect him from
anyone wanting to kill him.
4:19
Marrying more than one
woman
Having more than one wife was
common in ancient times, but God
created marriage to be between
one man and one woman, like
Adam and Eve. Having more
than one wife sometimes caused
problems for husbands in Old
Testament times.
genesis 4:15
I will be hid­den from your pres­ence; I will be a rest­less
wan­der­er on the e ­ arth, and who­ev­er f ­ inds me will kill me.”
15  But the Lord said to him, “Not so  a ; any­one who k
­ ills
Cain will suf­fer ven­geance sev­en ­times over.” Then the
Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who f ­ ound him
would kill him. 16  So Cain went out from the Lord’s pres­
ence and l ­ ived in the land of Nod,  b east of Eden.
17  Cain made love to his wife, and she be­came preg­nant
and gave b
­ irth to E
­ noch. Cain was then build­ing a city,
and he ­named it af­ter his son ­Enoch. 18  To ­Enoch was born
Irad, and Irad was the fa­t her of Me­hu­ja­el, and Me­hu­ja­el
was the fa­ther of Me­thu­sha­el, and Me­thu­sha­el was the fa­
ther of La­mech.
19  L a­mech mar­r ied two wom­en, one ­n amed Adah and
the oth­er Zil ­lah. 20  Adah gave ­birth to Ja­bal; he was the
fa­ther of t ­ hose who live in t ­ ents and r ­ aise live­stock. 21  His
broth­er’s name was Ju­bal; he was the fa­ther of all who play
­stringed in­stru­ments and ­pipes. 22  Zil­lah also had a son,
Tu­bal-Cain, who ­forged all ­k inds of ­tools out of  c ­bronze
and iron. Tu­bal-­Cain’s sis­ter was Na­a­mah.
23  L a­mech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah, listen to me;
wives of Lamech, hear my words.
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for injuring me.
24 If Cain is avenged seven times,
then Lamech seventy-seven times.”
25  Adam made love to his wife a
­ gain, and she gave ­birth
to a son and n
­ amed him Seth,  d say­ing, “God has grant­ed
me an­oth­er ­child in ­place of Abel, ­since Cain ­k illed him.”
26  S eth also had a son, and he ­named him Enosh.
At that time peo­ple be­gan to call on  e the name of the
Lord.
FROM ADA M TO NOAH
5:5 – 32
People lived a long time.
God’s original plan was that people
would live forever. When Adam and
Eve sinned, death was a result, and
the length of human life gradually
shortened.
5:24
Enoch did not die.
Enoch had a very close relationship
with God. The Bible tells us that
Enoch’s life on earth ended in a
very unusual way: God took him
away without Enoch experiencing
death.
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This is the writ­ten ac­count of ­Adam’s fam­i ­ly line.
When God cre­at­ed man­k ind, he made them in the like­
­ lessed
ness of God. 2  He cre­at­ed them male and fe­male and b
them. And he named them “Man­k ind”  f when they were
created.
3  W hen Adam had l ­ ived 130 ­years, he had a son in his
own like­ness, in his own im­age; and he ­named him Seth.
4  A f­ter Seth was born, Adam ­l ived 800 ­years and had oth­er
sons and daugh­ters. 5  A l­to­geth­er, Adam l ­ ived a to­tal of 930
years, and then he died.
6  W hen Seth had ­lived 105 ­years, he be­came the fa­t her  g
of ­Enosh. 7  A f­ter he be­came the fa­ther of ­Enosh, Seth l ­ ived
807 ­years and had oth­er sons and daugh­ters. 8  A l­to­geth­er,
Seth ­l ived a to­tal of 912 ­years, and then he died.
a  15  Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew Very well    b  16  Nod means
wandering (see verses 12 and 14).    c  22 Or who instructed all who work in   
d  25  Seth probably means granted.    e  26 Or to proclaim    f  2 Hebrew
adam    g  6  Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 7-26.