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Genesis 4:14-25 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

14. Today you are driving me away from the land. I will be hidden from you. I'll be a restless person who wanders around on the earth. Anyone who finds me will kill me."

15. But the Lord said to him, "No. Anyone who kills you will be paid back seven times." The Lord put a mark on Cain. Then anyone who found him wouldn't kill him.

16. So Cain went away from the Lord. He lived in the land of Nod. It was east of Eden.

17. Cain made love to his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. At that time Cain was building a city. He named it after his son Enoch.

18. Enoch had a son named 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 was named Adah, and the other was named Zillah.

20. Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.

21. His brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of everyone who plays the harp and flute.

22. Zillah also had a son. His name was Tubal-Cain. He made all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.

23. Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, listen to me. You wives of Lamech, hear my words. I have killed a man because he wounded me. I have killed a young man because he hurt me.

24. Anyone who would have killed Cain would have been paid back seven times. But anyone who hurts me will be paid back 77 times."

25. Adam made love to his wife again. She gave birth to a son and named him Seth. She said, "God has given me another child. The child will take the place of Abel, because Cain killed him."

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