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Genesis 4:13-14-19-22 The Message (MSG)

13-14. Cain said to God, “My punishment is too much. I can’t take it! You’ve thrown me off the land and I can never again face you. I’m a homeless wanderer on Earth and whoever finds me will kill me.”

15. God told him, “No. Anyone who kills Cain will pay for it seven times over.” God put a mark on Cain to protect him so that no one who met him would kill him.

16. Cain left the presence of God and lived in No-Man’s-Land, east of Eden.

17-18. Cain slept with his wife. She conceived and had Enoch. He then built a city and named it after his son, Enoch.Enoch had Irad,Irad had Mehujael,Mehujael had Methushael,Methushael had Lamech.

19-22. Lamech married two wives, Adah and Zillah. Adah gave birth to Jabal, the ancestor of all who live in tents and herd cattle. His brother’s name was Jubal, the ancestor of all who play the lyre and flute. Zillah gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who worked at the forge making bronze and iron tools. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah.

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