it, it shal not yeld to thee her fruite: a roag and vagabound shalt thou be vpon the earth. 13And Cain said to our Lord: Myne iniquitie is greater, then that I may deserue pardon. 14Loe thou doest cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and from thy face shal I be hid, and I shal be a vagabound & fugitiue on the earth: euerie one therfore that findeth me, shal kil me. 15And our Lord said to him: No, it shal not so be: but whosoeuer shal kil Cain, shalbe punished seauen fould. And our Lord put a marke on Cain, that whosoeuer found him should not kil him.
16And Cain went forth from the face of our Lord, and dwelt as a fugitiue on the earth at the east side of Eden. 17And Cain knewe his wife, who conceiued, and brought forth Enoch: And[1] he built a citie, & called the name therof by the name of his sonne, Enoch. 18Moreouer Enoch begat Irad, and Irad begat Mauiael, and Mauiael begat Mathusael, and Mathusael begat Lamech. 19Who tooke[2] two wiues, the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other Sella. 20And Ada brought forth Iabel, who was the father of them that dwel in tents, and of heardsmen. 21And his brothers name was Iubal: he was the father of them that sing on harpe & organes. 22Sella also brought forth Tubalcain, who was a hammerer & worker in al worke of brasse & iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Noema. 23And Lamech said to his wiues Ada and Sella: Heare my voice ye wiues of Lamech, harken to my talke: for I haue slaine a man to the wounding of my selfe, and a stripeling to mine owne drie blowe brewsing. 24Seuenfould vengeance shal be taken of Cain: but of Lamech seuentie times seuen fould. 25Adam also knewe his wife again: and she brought forth a sonne, and called his name Seth, saying: God hath giuen me other seede for Abel, whom Cain slewe. 26But to Seth also was borne a sonne, whom he called Enos, this man began to inuocate the name of our Lord.
ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. IIII.
3. Offered giftes] Either God him selfe taught Adam, and he his children, or els they knew by instinct of nature, that Sacrifice must be offered to God, to acknowledge therby his supreme dominion ouer man, and mans due subiection
- ↑ By the increase of Abrahams seede (by the line onlie of Isaac and Iacob, besides the issues of Ismael and Esau) in litle more then 400. yeares to aboue six hundreth thousand men able to beare armes (Num. 1.) it appeareth that Caines progenie in as manie yeares: might suffice to people a citie, yea a whole countrie. S. Aug. l 15 ciuit. c. 8.
- ↑ This Lamech of Cains issue, is the first that is noted in Scripture, to haue taken two wiues.
