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Genesis 4:1-7 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

1. Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain. And she said, “I have given birth to a man with the help of Yahweh.”

2. Then she bore his brother Abel. And Abel became a keeper of sheep, and Cain became a tiller of the ground.

3. And in the course of time Cain brought an offering from the fruit of the ground to Yahweh,

4. and Abel also brought an offering from the choicest firstlings of his flock. And Yahweh looked with favor to Abel and to his offering,

5. but to Cain and to his offering he did not look with favor. And Cain became very angry, and his face fell.

6. And Yahweh said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why is your face fallen?

7. If you do well will I not accept you? But if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. And its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”

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