CHAP. IV.
1. AND Adam knew a 1.1 Eve his Wife, and she Conceived and bare Cain b 1.2, and said, I have gotten a Man c 1.3 from the LORD d 1.4.
2. And she again bare his Brother † 1.5 Abel e 1.6: and Abel was † 1.7 a Keeper of Sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground f 1.8.
3. And † 1.9 in * 1.10 process of time g 1.11 it came to pass, that Cain brought h 1.12 of the fruit of the ground, an offering unto the LORD.
4. And Abel, he also brought of the Firstlings i 1.13 of his † 1.14 Flock, and of the fat thereof k 1.15. And the LORD had * 1.16 respect l 1.17 unto Abel m 1.18 and to his offering.
5. But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect: And Cain was very wroth n 1.19, and his coun∣tenance fell o 1.20.
6. And the LORD said unto Cain p 1.21, why art thou wroth? and * 1.22 why is thy countenance fallen q 1.23?
7. If thou doest well r 1.24, shalt thou not ‖ 1.25 be ac∣cepted s 1.26? And if thou doest not well sin lieth at the door t 1.27: And ‖ 1.28 unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him u 1.29.
8. And Cain † 1.30 talked with Abel his Brother x 1.31: And it came to pass, when they were in the Field y 1.32, that Cain rose up against Abel his Brother, and * 1.33 slew him z 1.34.