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But <if thou do not right> |at the entrance| a sin-bearer^[1] is lying,—

<Unto thee> moreover､ shall be his longing, though ||thou|| rule over him.

⁸ And Cain said unto^[2] Abel his brother

[Let us go into the field]^[3]

And it came to pass |when they were in the field| that Cain rose up against Abel his brother､ and slew him.⁹ Then said Yahweh unto Cain､

Where is Abel thy brother?

And he said､

I know not, <the keeper of my brother> am ||I||?

¹⁰ And he said､

What hast thou done?

<With a voice>^[4] the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground.

¹¹

||Now|| therefore､ <accursed> art thou,—from^[5] the ground､ which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed-blood of thy brother at thy hand.

¹²

<Though thou till the ground> it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee,—

<A wanderer and a fugitive> shalt thou be in the earth.

¹³ And Cain said unto Yahweh—

Greater´ is my punishment^[6] than I can bear^[7]

¹⁴

Lo! thou has drivent､ me out､ this day, from off the face of the ground.

And <from thy face> shall I be hid,—

So shall I become a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth,

And it shall come to pass ||whosoever findeth me|| will slay me.

¹⁵And Yahweh said to him—

Not so!^[8] ||whosoever slayeth Cain|| <seven-fold> shall it be avenged.

So Yahweh set､ for Cain､ a sign, that none finding him should smite´ him.

¹⁶So Cain went forth´ from the presence of Yahweh,—and dwelt in the land of Nod､ eastward of Eden.¹⁷And Cain knew his wife,^[9] and she conceived､ and bare Enoch,^[10]—Now it happened that he was building a city, so he called the name of the city､ after the name of^[11] his son､ ||Enoch||.¹⁸ And there was born to Enoch､ Irad, and |Irad| begat Mehujael,— and |Mehujael| begat Methusael, and |Methusael| begat Lamech.¹⁹And Lamech took to himself two wives,— ||the name of the one|| was Adah,^[12] and ||the name of the second|| Zillah.^{[13] 20} And Adah bare Jabal,—||he|| was father^[14] of such as dwell in tents､ and have cattle; ²¹ and ||the name of his brother|| was Jubal,—||he|| was father^[14] of everyone handling lyre^[15] and flute.^{[16] 22} And <as for Zilah> ||she also|| bare Tubal-Cain, a sharpener of every cutting instrument of bronze､ and iron,^[17]—and ||the sister of Tubal-Cain|| was Naamah.²³ Then said Lamech to his wives､

Adah and Zillah! hear ye my voice.

Ye wives of Lamech! give ear to my tale,—

For <a man> have I slain､ in dealing my wounds,^[18].

Yea <a youth> in smiting my blows:

²⁴

<If ||sevenfold|| be the avenging of |Cain|>

Then |of Lamech| ||seventy and seven||.^[19]

²⁵ And Adam again knew his wife, and she bare a son､ and called his name Seth,^[20]—

For God hath appointed me another seed､ instead of Abel, because |Cain| slew´ him!

²⁶ And <to Seth—to him also> was born a son, and he called his name Enosh,—||then|| was a beginning made, to call on the name of Yahweh.^[21]

§5. From Adam to Noah: a line of light amidst deepening gloom.

5¹ ||This|| is the record^[22] of the generations^[23] of Adam,—<In the day when God created man>^[24]

<In the likeness of God> made he |him|;
<Male and female> created he them,^[25]—

and blessed them, and called their name Adam,^[26] |in the day they were created|.

³ And Adam lived､ a hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his likeness､ after his image,—and called his name､ Seth: ⁴ and the days of Adam､ after he begat Seth, were eight hundred years,—and he begat sons and daughters. ⁵ So all the days of Adam which he lived, were nine hundred and thirty years,—and he died.

⁶ And Seth lived､ a hundred and five years,—and begat Enosh; ⁷ and Seth lived､ after he begat Enosh, eight hundred and seven years,—and begat sons and daughters; ⁸ and all the days of Seth were, nine hundred and twelve years,—and he died.

⁹ And Enosh lived､ ninety years,—and begat Kenan; ¹⁰ and Enosh lived､ after he begat

1. As often later. As much as to say, "With which thy brother will supply thee,"—which would prepare for the word "longing" which follows.—Less prob.: "Sin is a crouching beast"—O.G. 308.
2. So the Heb. correctly: "talked with" is but a make-shift due to the accidental omission of the words spoken.
3. According to the Massorah a space should be left here; where, however, the words (here supplied in brackets) are found in Sam., Jon., Sep., Syr., Vul.
4. Or: "aloud."
5. Or: "by reason of."
6. Or: "iniquity."
7. Gt. (w. Rashi): "Is mine iniquity too great to be forgiven?"—G.r.n.
8. So is shd be―G. Intro. 140-141. Cp. however O.G. 487^a, d (a).
9. Cp. chap v. 4.
10. "Perh. 'teaching,' 'initiation'"—Davies' H.L.
11. Some cod. (w. Sep. & Syr.): "by"—G.n.
12. "Ornament" or "beauty."
13. "Shade."
14. N.B. this use of the word "father"—cp. Is. ix. 6.
15. So O.G.
16. Some think ="organon," made up of several reeds together; others think of "bag-pipe." Cp. O.G., 721^b.
17. Gt. (w. Onk., Vul.): "the father of every one working in bronze and iron" —G.r.n.
18. "Because of my wound"—O.G. 514^b, f.
19. Some obscurity rests on this snatch of song, and other renderings are possible. The above seems to agree with the facts.
20. Prob. "substitute."
21. Or: "to invoke with the name Y." See Intro., Chap. IV.
22. Or: "book," "scroll."
23. Or: "geneses."
24. Heb.: 'adham. Cp. chap, i. 26, 27; ii. 7.
25. This almost literal quotation from ch. i. 27 shows conclusively that "man" there and "man" here are the same race, and that this narrative simply folds back on the previous one: quite, indeed, in the manner of Hebrew history.
26. Cp. chap. i. 26, n.