12. Now when you work the soil, the ground will not help your plants grow. You will not have a home in this land. You will wander from place to place.”
13. Then Cain said to the Lord, “This punishment is more than I can bear!
14. You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me.”
15. Then the Lord said to Cain, “No, if anyone kills you, I will punish that person much, much more.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to show that no one should kill him.
16. Cain went away from the Lord and lived in the land of Nod.
17. Cain had sexual relations with his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son named Enoch. Cain built a city and gave the city the same name as his son Enoch.
18. Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad had a son named Mehujael. Mehujael had a son named Methushael. And Methushael had a son named Lamech.
19. Lamech married two women. One wife was named Adah, and the other was named Zillah.
20. Adah gave birth to Jabal. Jabal was the father of people who live in tents and earn their living by keeping cattle.
21. Jabal was Jubal’s brother. Jubal was the father of people who play the harp and flute.
22. Zillah gave birth to Tubal-Cain. Tubal-Cain was the father of people who work with bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was named Naamah.
23. Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice! You wives of Lamech, listen to me. A man hurt me, so I killed him. I even killed a child for hitting me.
24. The punishment for killing Cain was very bad. But the punishment for killing me will be many times worse!”
25. Adam again had sexual relations with his wife, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth. Eve said, “God has given me another son. Cain killed Abel, but now I have Seth.”
26. Seth also had a son. He named him Enosh. At that time people began to pray to the Lord.