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Genesis 4:13-21 God's Word Translation (GW)

13. But Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can stand!

14. You have forced me off this land today. I have to hide from you and become a fugitive, a wanderer on the earth. Now anyone who finds me will kill me!”

15. So the Lord said to him, “Not so! Anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” The Lord gave Cain a sign so that anyone meeting him would not kill him.

16. Then Cain left the Lord’s presence and lived in Nod [The Land of Wandering], east of Eden.

17. Cain made love to his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named it Enoch after his son.

18. To Enoch was born Irad. Irad was the father of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael. And Methushael was the father of Lamech.

19. Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

20. Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the first person to live in tents and have livestock.

21. His brother’s name was Jubal. He was the first person to play the harp and the flute.

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