eate, all the dayes of thy life.
15 And I will put enmitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy ſeed and her ſeed: it ſhal bruiſe thy head, and thou ſhalt bruiſe his heele.
16 Unto the woman he ſaid, I will greatly multiply thy ſorowe and thy conception. In ſorow thou ſhalt bring forth children: and thy deſire ſhall be ǁǁOr, ſubiect to thy huſband. to thy huſband, and hee ſhall ** 1. Corin. 14. 34. rule ouer thee.
17 And vnto Adam he ſaid, Becauſe thou haſt hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wife, and haſt eaten of the tree, of which I commaunded thee, ſaying, Thou ſhalt not eate of it: curſed is the ground for thy ſake: in ſorow ſhalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life.
18 Thornes alſo and thiſtles ſhall it †† Heb. cauſe to bud. bring forth to thee: and thou ſhalt eate the herbe of the field.
19 In the ſweate of thy face ſhalt thou eate bread, till thou returne vnto the ground: for out of it waſt thou taken, for duſt thou art, and vnto duſt ſhalt thou returne.
20 And Adam called his wiues name †† Heb. Chauah. Eue, becauſe ſhe was the mother of all liuing.
21 Unto Adam alſo, and to his wife, did the LORD God make coates of ſkinnes, and cloathed them.
22 ¶ And the LORD God ſaid, Behold, the man is become as one of vs, to know good ⁊ euill. And now leſt hee put foorth his hand, and take alſo of the tree of life, and eate and liue for euer:
23 Therefore the LORD God ſent him foorth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground, from whence he was taken.
24 So he droue out the man: and he placed at the Eaſt of the garden of Eden, Cherubims, and a flaming ſword, which turned euery way, to keepe the way of the tree of life.
CHAP. IIII.
1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel. 8 The murder of Abel. 9 The curſe of Cain. 17 Enoch the firſt citie. 19 Lamech and his two wiues. 25 The birth of Seth, 26 and Enos.
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Nd Adam knew Eue his wife, and ſhee conceiued, and bare Cain, and ſaid, I haue gotten a man from the LORD.
2 And ſhe againe bare his brother †† Heb. Hebel. Abel, and Abel was a †† Heb. a feeder. keeper of ſheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3 And †† Heb. at the end of dayes. in proceſſe of time it came to paſſe, that Cain brought of the fruite of the ground, an offering vnto the LORD.
4 And Abel, he alſo brought of the firſtlings of his †† Heb. ſheep, or goates. flocke, and of the fat thereof: and the LORD had ** Heb. 11. 4. reſpect vnto Abel, and to his offering.
5 But vnto Cain, and to his offring he had not reſpect: and Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6 And the LORD ſaid vnto Cain, Why art thou wroth? And why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doe well, ſhalt thou not ǁǁOr, haue the excellencie? be accepted? and if thou doeſt not well, ſinne lieth at the doore: And ǁǁOr, ſubiect vnto thee. vnto thee ſhall be his deſire, and thou ſhalt rule ouer him.
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to paſſe ** Wiſ. 10. 3 matth. 23. 35. 1. iohn 3. 12. iude 11. when they were in the field, that Cain roſe vp againſt Abel his brother, and ſlew him.
9 ¶ And the LORD ſaid vnto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And hee ſaid, I know not: Am I my brothers keeper?
10 And he ſaid, What haſt thou done? the voyce of thy brothers †† Heb. bloods blood cryeth vnto me, from the ground.
11 And now art thou curſed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thy hand.
12 When thou tilleſt the ground, it ſhall not henceforth yeeld vnto thee her ſtrength: A fugitiue and a vagabond ſhalt thou be in the earth.
13 And Cain ſaid vnto the LORD, ǁǁOr, my iniquitie is greater, then that it may be forgiuen. My puniſhment is greater, then I can beare.
14 Behold, thou haſt driuen me out this day from the face of the earth, and from thy face ſhall I be hid, and I ſhall be a fugitiue, and a vagabond in the earth: and it ſhall come to paſſe, that euery one that findeth me, ſhall ſlay me.
15 And the LORD ſaid vnto him, Therefore whoſoeuer ſlayeth Cain, vengeance ſhalbe taken on him ſeuen fold. And the LORD ſet a marke vpon Cain, leſt any finding him, ſhould kill him.
16 ¶ And Cain went out from the preſence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the Eaſt of Eden.
17 And Cain knew his wife, and ſhe
