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⁴By faith, Abel offered to God a much better sacrifice than that of Cain, through which he obtained testimony that he was just, in that God offered testimony to his gifts. And through that sacrifice, he still speaks to us, though he is dead.

¹¹Woe to them! For they have gone after the way of Cain, and they have poured out the error of Balaam for profit, and they have perished in the sedition of Korah.

²⁵Adam also knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son, and she called his name Seth, saying, “God has given me another offspring, in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.”

¹Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have obtained a man through God.” ²And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer. ³Then it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earth. ⁴Abel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his gifts. ⁵Yet in truth, he did not look with favor on Cain and his gifts. And Cain was vehemently angry, and his countenance fell. ⁶And the Lord said to him: “Why are you angry? And why is your face fallen?

¹²Do not be like Cain, who was of the evil one, and who killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked, but his brother’s works were just.

¹¹For this is the announcement that you heard from the beginning: that you should love one another. ¹²Do not be like Cain, who was of the evil one, and who killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked, but his brother’s works were just.

¹Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have obtained a man through God.” ²And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer. ³Then it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earth. ⁴Abel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his gifts. ⁵Yet in truth, he did not look with favor on Cain and his gifts. And Cain was vehemently angry, and his countenance fell. ⁶And the Lord said to him: “Why are you angry? And why is your face fallen?

¹Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have obtained a man through God.” ²And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer. ³Then it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earth. ⁴Abel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his gifts. ⁵Yet in truth, he did not look with favor on Cain and his gifts. And Cain was vehemently angry, and his countenance fell.

⁸And Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go outside.” And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and he put him to death. ⁹And the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” And he responded: “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” ¹⁰And he said to him: “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to me from the land. ¹¹Now, therefore, you will be cursed upon the land, which opened its mouth and received the blood of your brother at your hand. ¹²When you work it, it will not give you its fruit; a vagrant and a fugitive shall you be upon the land.” ¹³And Cain said to the Lord: “My iniquity is too great to deserve kindness.

⁴And after he conceived Seth, the days of Adam that passed were eight hundred years. And he conceived sons and daughters.

²³And Lamech said to his wives Adah and Zillah: “Listen to my voice, you wives of Lamech, pay attention to my speech. For I have killed a man to my own harm, and an adolescent to my own bruising. ²⁴Sevenfold vengeance will be given for Cain, but for Lamech, seventy-seven times.”

¹Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have obtained a man through God.” ²And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer. ³Then it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earth. ⁴Abel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his gifts. ⁵Yet in truth, he did not look with favor on Cain and his gifts. And Cain was vehemently angry, and his countenance fell. ⁶And the Lord said to him: “Why are you angry? And why is your face fallen?