Rotherham(i)
8 And Cain said unto Abel his brother [Let us go into the field]. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 Then said Yahweh unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not, the keeper of my brother, am, I? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed–blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground. 11 Now, therefore, accursed, art thou,––from the ground, which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed–blood of thy brother at thy hand. 12 Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee,––A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth.
13 And Cain said unto Yahweh––Greater is my punishment than I can bear. 14 Lo! thou has driven me out, this day, from off the face of the ground, And, from thy face, shall I be hid,––So shall I become a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth, And it shall come to pass, whosoever findeth me, will slay me. 15 And Yahweh said to him––Not so! whosoever slayeth Cain, sevenfold, shall it be avenged. So Yahweh set, for Cain, a sign, that none finding him should smite him.
16 So Cain went forth from the presence of Yahweh,––and dwelt in the land of Nod, eastward of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bare Enoch,––Now it happened that he was building a city, so he called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 18 And there was born to Enoch, Irad, and, Irad, begat Mehujael,––and, Mehujael, begat Methusael,––and, Methusael, begat Lamech.
19 And Lamech took to himself two wives,––the name of the one, was Adah, and, the name of the second, Zillah. 20 And Adah bare Jabal,––he, was father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle; 21 and, the name of his brother, was Jubal,––he, was father of everyone handling lyre and flute. 22 And, as for Zillah, she also, bare Tubal–Cain, a sharpener of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron,––and, the sister of Tubal–Cain, was Naamah.
23 Then said Lamech to his wives, Adah and Zillah! hear ye my voice, Ye wives of Lamech! give ear to my tale,––For, a man, have I slain, in dealing my wounds, Yea, a youth, in smiting my blows:
9 Then said Yahweh unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not, the keeper of my brother, am, I? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed–blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground. 11 Now, therefore, accursed, art thou,––from the ground, which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed–blood of thy brother at thy hand. 12 Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee,––A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth.
13 And Cain said unto Yahweh––Greater is my punishment than I can bear. 14 Lo! thou has driven me out, this day, from off the face of the ground, And, from thy face, shall I be hid,––So shall I become a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth, And it shall come to pass, whosoever findeth me, will slay me. 15 And Yahweh said to him––Not so! whosoever slayeth Cain, sevenfold, shall it be avenged. So Yahweh set, for Cain, a sign, that none finding him should smite him.
16 So Cain went forth from the presence of Yahweh,––and dwelt in the land of Nod, eastward of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bare Enoch,––Now it happened that he was building a city, so he called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 18 And there was born to Enoch, Irad, and, Irad, begat Mehujael,––and, Mehujael, begat Methusael,––and, Methusael, begat Lamech.
19 And Lamech took to himself two wives,––the name of the one, was Adah, and, the name of the second, Zillah. 20 And Adah bare Jabal,––he, was father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle; 21 and, the name of his brother, was Jubal,––he, was father of everyone handling lyre and flute. 22 And, as for Zillah, she also, bare Tubal–Cain, a sharpener of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron,––and, the sister of Tubal–Cain, was Naamah.
23 Then said Lamech to his wives, Adah and Zillah! hear ye my voice, Ye wives of Lamech! give ear to my tale,––For, a man, have I slain, in dealing my wounds, Yea, a youth, in smiting my blows: