Genesis 4:1-10 ▼

1 And the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceives and bears Cain, and says, “I have acquired a man by YHWH”;

2 and she adds to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain has been servant of the ground.

3 And it comes to pass at the end of days that Cain brings from the fruit of the ground a present to YHWH;

4 and Abel, he has brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, and from their fat ones; and YHWH looks to Abel and to his present,

5 and to Cain and to his present He has not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

6 And YHWH says to Cain, “Why do you have displeasure? And why has your countenance fallen?

7 Is there not, if you do well, acceptance? And if you do not do well, sin [[or a sin-offering]] is lying at the opening, and its [[or His]] desire [is] for you, and you rule over it [[or by Him]].”

8 And Cain says to his brother Abel, [[“Let us go into the field”;]] and it comes to pass in their being in the field, that Cain rises up against his brother Abel, and slays him.

9 And YHWH says to Cain, “Where [is] your brother Abel?” And he says, “I have not known; am I my brother’s keeper?”

10 And He says, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground;