13. But Cain answered the Lord, “My punishment is too great to bear!
14. Since You are banishing me today from the soil, and I must hide myself from Your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.”
15. Then the Lord replied to him, “In that case, whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” And He placed a mark on Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him.
16. Then Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
17. Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain became the builder of a city, and he named the city Enoch after his son.
18. Irad was born to Enoch, Irad fathered Mehujael, Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech.
19. Lamech took two wives for himself, one named Adah and the other named Zillah.
20. Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of the nomadic herdsmen.
21. His brother was named Jubal; he was the father of all who play the lyre and the flute.
22. Zillah bore Tubal-cain, who made all kinds of bronze and iron tools. Tubal-cain’s sister was Naamah.
23. Lamech said to his wives:Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;wives of Lamech, pay attention to my words.For I killed a man for wounding me,a young man for striking me.
24. If Cain is to be avenged seven times over,then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!
25. Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for she said, “God has given me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
26. A son was born to Seth also, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of Yahweh.