ECB(i)
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THE FIRST TWINS
And Adam knows Havvah his woman; and she conceives and births Qayin and says, I chatteled a man from Yah Veh. 2 - and she adds to birth his brother Abel: - and Abel becomes a tender of flocks and Qayin becomes a server of the soil. 3 And so be it, at the end of days, Qayin brings an offering of the fruit of the soil to Yah Veh; 4 and Abel, he also brings of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof: and Yah Veh looks to Abel and to his offering; 5 and to Qayin and to his offering he looks not: and Qayin inflames mightily and his face falls. 6 And Yah Veh says to Qayin, Why are you inflamed? and why is your face fallen? 7 If you well-please, and if you well-please not, sin crouches at the portal: and his desire is toward you; and you reign over him.
FIRST SLAUGHTER
8 And Qayin talks with Abel his brother: and so be it, in the field, Qayin rises against Abel his brother and slaughters him. 9 And Yah Veh says to Qayin, Where is Abel your brother? And he says, I know not! Am I the guardian of my brother? 10 And he says, What worked you? The voice of the blood of your brother cries to me from the soil: 11 and now you are cursed from the soil - which gapes her mouth to take the blood of your brother from your hand: 12 when you serve, the soil never again gives you her force; - being a waverer and a wanderer in the earth. 13 And Qayin says to Yah Veh, My perversity is greater than I can bear. 14 Behold, you expel me this day from the face of the soil; and from your face I am hid; and I become a waverer and wanderer in the earth; and so be it, every one who finds me slaughters me. 15 And Yah Veh says to him, Thus whoever slaughters Qayin is avenged sevenfold. - and Yah Veh sets a sign on Qayin, lest any finding him smite him. 16 And Qayin goes from the face of Yah Veh and settles in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden: 17 and Qayin knows his woman; and she conceives and births Hanoch: and he builds a city and calls the name of the city after the name of his son, Hanoch.
GENEALOGY OF HANOCH
18 And Hanoch births Irad: and Irad births Mechuya El: and Mechuya El births Methusha El: and Methusha El births Lemech. 19 And Lemech takes two women: the name of the one, Adah and the name of the second, Sillah. 20 And Adah births Yabal - the father of such as settle in tents and of such as chattel. 21 And the name of his brother, Yubal - the father of all such as manipulate the harp and woodwinds. 22 And Sillah, she also births Tubal Qayin - a sharpener of every artificer in copper and iron: and the sister of Tubal Qayin, Naamah.
SECOND SLAUGHTER
23 And Lemech says to his women, Adah and Sillah, Hear my voice, you women of Lemech; hearken to my sayings: for I slaughtered a man for my wound and a child for my lash. 24 If Qayin is avenged sevenfold, truly Lemech seventy-sevenfold.
BIRTH OF SHETH
25 And Adam knows his woman again; and she births a son and calls his name Sheth: for Elohim has set me another seed instead of Abel - whom Qayin slaughtered. 26 And Sheth, he also births a son; and he calls his name Enos: then begins the calling on the name of Yah Veh.
THE FIRST TWINS
And Adam knows Havvah his woman; and she conceives and births Qayin and says, I chatteled a man from Yah Veh. 2 - and she adds to birth his brother Abel: - and Abel becomes a tender of flocks and Qayin becomes a server of the soil. 3 And so be it, at the end of days, Qayin brings an offering of the fruit of the soil to Yah Veh; 4 and Abel, he also brings of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof: and Yah Veh looks to Abel and to his offering; 5 and to Qayin and to his offering he looks not: and Qayin inflames mightily and his face falls. 6 And Yah Veh says to Qayin, Why are you inflamed? and why is your face fallen? 7 If you well-please, and if you well-please not, sin crouches at the portal: and his desire is toward you; and you reign over him.
FIRST SLAUGHTER
8 And Qayin talks with Abel his brother: and so be it, in the field, Qayin rises against Abel his brother and slaughters him. 9 And Yah Veh says to Qayin, Where is Abel your brother? And he says, I know not! Am I the guardian of my brother? 10 And he says, What worked you? The voice of the blood of your brother cries to me from the soil: 11 and now you are cursed from the soil - which gapes her mouth to take the blood of your brother from your hand: 12 when you serve, the soil never again gives you her force; - being a waverer and a wanderer in the earth. 13 And Qayin says to Yah Veh, My perversity is greater than I can bear. 14 Behold, you expel me this day from the face of the soil; and from your face I am hid; and I become a waverer and wanderer in the earth; and so be it, every one who finds me slaughters me. 15 And Yah Veh says to him, Thus whoever slaughters Qayin is avenged sevenfold. - and Yah Veh sets a sign on Qayin, lest any finding him smite him. 16 And Qayin goes from the face of Yah Veh and settles in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden: 17 and Qayin knows his woman; and she conceives and births Hanoch: and he builds a city and calls the name of the city after the name of his son, Hanoch.
GENEALOGY OF HANOCH
18 And Hanoch births Irad: and Irad births Mechuya El: and Mechuya El births Methusha El: and Methusha El births Lemech. 19 And Lemech takes two women: the name of the one, Adah and the name of the second, Sillah. 20 And Adah births Yabal - the father of such as settle in tents and of such as chattel. 21 And the name of his brother, Yubal - the father of all such as manipulate the harp and woodwinds. 22 And Sillah, she also births Tubal Qayin - a sharpener of every artificer in copper and iron: and the sister of Tubal Qayin, Naamah.
SECOND SLAUGHTER
23 And Lemech says to his women, Adah and Sillah, Hear my voice, you women of Lemech; hearken to my sayings: for I slaughtered a man for my wound and a child for my lash. 24 If Qayin is avenged sevenfold, truly Lemech seventy-sevenfold.
BIRTH OF SHETH
25 And Adam knows his woman again; and she births a son and calls his name Sheth: for Elohim has set me another seed instead of Abel - whom Qayin slaughtered. 26 And Sheth, he also births a son; and he calls his name Enos: then begins the calling on the name of Yah Veh.