1Adam loved his wife Eve and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, ‘With the LORD’s help I have had a baby boy.’2Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of sheep. Cain farmed the land.3After some time, Cain gathered some things he had grown. He brought them as an offering to the LORD.4And Abel also brought an offering. He brought the fattest parts of some animals from his flock. They were the first animals born to their mothers. The LORD was pleased with Abel and his offering.5But he wasn’t pleased with Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face was sad.6Then the LORD said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry? Why are you looking so sad?7Do what is right and then you will be accepted. If you don’t do what is right, sin is waiting at your door to grab you. It desires to control you. But you must rule over it.’8Cain said to his brother Abel, ‘Let’s go out to the field.’ So they went out. There Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.9Then the LORD said to Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Cain replied. ‘Am I supposed to take care of my brother?’10The LORD said, ‘What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.11So I am putting a curse on you. I am driving you away from this ground. It has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.12When you farm the land, it will not produce its crops for you anymore. You will be a restless person who wanders around on the earth.’13Cain said to the LORD, ‘You are punishing me more than I can take.14Today you are driving me away from the land. I will be hidden from you. I’ll be a restless person who wanders around on the earth. Anyone who finds me will kill me.’15But the LORD said to him, ‘No. Anyone who kills you will be paid back seven times.’ The LORD put a mark on Cain. Then anyone who found him wouldn’t kill him.16So Cain went away from the LORD. He lived in the land of Nod. It was east of Eden.17Cain loved his wife and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. At that time Cain was building a city. He named it after his son Enoch.18Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad was the father of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael. And Methushael was the father of Lamech.19Lamech married two women. One was named Adah, and the other was named Zillah.20Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the father of people who live in tents and raise livestock.21His brother’s name was Jubal. He was the father of everyone who plays stringed instruments and wind instruments.22Zillah also had a son. His name was Tubal-Cain. He made all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah.23Lamech said to his wives, ‘Adah and Zillah, listen to me! You wives of Lamech, hear my words! I have killed a man because he wounded me. I have killed a young man because he hurt me.24Anyone who would have killed Cain would have been paid back seven times. But anyone who hurts me will be paid back 77 times.’25Adam slept with his wife again. She gave birth to a son and named him Seth. She said, ‘God has given me another child. He will take the place of Abel, because Cain killed him.’26Seth also had a son and named him Enosh. Then people began to call on the name of the LORD.
1Adem karısı Havva ile yattı. Havva hamile kaldı ve Kayin'i doğurdu. ‹‹RAB'bin yardımıyla bir oğul dünyaya getirdim›› dedi.2Daha sonra Kayin'in kardeşi Habil'i doğurdu. Habil çoban oldu, Kayin ise çiftçi.3Günler geçti. Bir gün Kayin toprağın ürünlerinden RAB'be sunu getirdi.4Habil de sürüsünde ilk doğan hayvanlardan bazılarını, özellikle de yağlarını getirdi. RAB Habil'i ve sunusunu kabul etti.5Kayin'le sunusunu ise reddetti. Kayin çok öfkelendi, suratını astı.6RAB Kayin'e, ‹‹Niçin öfkelendin?›› diye sordu, ‹‹Niçin surat astın?7Doğru olanı yapsan, seni kabul etmez miyim? Ancak doğru olanı yapmazsan, günah kapıda pusuya yatmış, seni bekliyor. Ona egemen olmalısın.››8Kayin kardeşi Habil'e, ‹‹Haydi, tarlaya gidelim[1]›› dedi. Tarlada birlikteyken kardeşine saldırıp onu öldürdü.9RAB Kayin'e, ‹‹Kardeşin Habil nerede?›› diye sordu. Kayin, ‹‹Bilmiyorum, kardeşimin bekçisi miyim ben?›› diye karşılık verdi.10RAB, ‹‹Ne yaptın?›› dedi, ‹‹Kardeşinin kanı topraktan bana sesleniyor.11Artık döktüğün kardeş kanını içmek için ağzını açan toprağın laneti altındasın.12İşlediğin toprak bundan böyle sana ürün vermeyecek. Yeryüzünde aylak aylak dolaşacaksın.››13Kayin, ‹‹Cezam kaldıramayacağım kadar ağır›› diye karşılık verdi,14‹‹Bugün beni bu topraklardan kovdun. Artık huzurundan uzak kalacak, yeryüzünde aylak aylak dolaşacağım. Kim bulsa öldürecek beni.››15Bunun üzerine RAB, ‹‹Seni kim öldürürse, ondan yedi kez öç alınacak›› dedi. Kimse bulup öldürmesin diye Kayin'in üzerine bir nişan koydu.16Kayin RAB'bin huzurundan ayrıldı. Aden bahçesinin doğusunda, Nod[2] topraklarına yerleşti.
Kayin'in Soyu
17Kayin karısıyla yattı. Karısı hamile kaldı ve Hanok'u doğurdu. Kayin o sırada bir kent kurmaktaydı. Kente oğlu Hanok'un adını verdi.18Hanok'tan İrat oldu. İrat'tan Mehuyael, Mehuyael'den Metuşael, Metuşael'den Lemek oldu.19Lemek iki kadınla evlendi. Birinin adı Âda, öbürünün ise Silla'ydı.20Âda Yaval'ı doğurdu. Yaval sürü sahibi göçebelerin atasıydı.21Kardeşinin adı Yuval'dı. Yuval lir ve ney çalanların atasıydı.22Silla Tuval-Kayin'i doğurdu. Tuval-Kayin tunç ve demirden çeşitli kesici aletler yapardı. Tuval-Kayin'in kızkardeşi Naama'ydı.23Lemek karılarına şöyle dedi: ‹‹Ey Âda ve Silla, beni dinleyin, Ey Lemek'in karıları, sözlerime kulak verin. Beni yaraladığı için Bir adam öldürdüm, Beni hırpaladığı için Bir genci öldürdüm.24Kayin'in yedi kez öcü alınacaksa, Lemek'in yetmiş yedi kez öcü alınmalı.››25Adem karısıyla yine yattı. Havva bir erkek çocuk doğurdu. ‹‹Tanrı Kayin'in öldürdüğü Habil'in yerine bana başka bir oğul bağışladı›› diyerek çocuğa Şit[3] adını verdi.26Şit'in de bir oğlu oldu, adını Enoş koydu.