Genesis 4
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Adam vero cognovit uxorem suam Hevam, quæ concepit et peperit Cain, dicens: Possedi hominem per Deum.
1And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.
2Rursumque peperit fratrem ejus Abel. Fuit autem Abel pastor ovium, et Cain agricola.
2Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
3Factum est autem post multos dies ut offerret Cain de fructibus terræ munera Domino.
3So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
4Abel quoque obtulit de primogenitis gregis sui, et de adipibus eorum: et respexit Dominus ad Abel, et ad munera ejus.
4while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
5Ad Cain vero, et ad munera illius non respexit: iratusque est Cain vehementer, et concidit vultus ejus.
5but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
6Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Quare iratus es? et cur concidit facies tua?
6“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?
7nonne si bene egeris, recipies: sin autem male, statim in foribus peccatum aderit? sed sub te erit appetitus ejus, et tu dominaberis illius.
7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
8Dixitque Cain ad Abel fratrem suum: Egrediamur foras. Cumque essent in agro, consurrexit Cain adversus fratrem suum Abel, et interfecit eum.
8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
9Et ait Dominus ad Cain: Ubi est Abel frater tuus? Qui respondit: Nescio: num custos fratris mei sum ego?
9And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
10Dixitque ad eum: Quid fecisti? vox sanguinis fratris tui clamat ad me de terra.
10“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
11Nunc igitur maledictus eris super terram, quæ aperuit os suum, et suscepit sanguinem fratris tui de manu tua.
11Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
12Cum operatus fueris eam, non dabit tibi fructus suos: vagus et profugus eris super terram.
12When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
13Dixitque Cain ad Dominum: Major est iniquitas mea, quam ut veniam merear.
13But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
14Ecce ejicis me hodie a facie terræ, et a facie tua abscondar, et ero vagus et profugus in terra: omnis igitur qui invenerit me, occidet me.
14Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
15Dixitque ei Dominus: Nequaquam ita fiet: sed omnis qui occiderit Cain, septuplum punietur. Posuitque Dominus Cain signum, ut non interficeret eum omnis qui invenisset eum.
15“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
16Egressusque Cain a facie Domini, habitavit profugus in terra ad orientalem plagam Eden.
16So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
17Cognovit autem Cain uxorem suam, quæ concepit, et peperit Henoch: et ædificavit civitatem, vocavitque nomen ejus ex nomine filii sui, Henoch.
17And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
18Porro Henoch genuit Irad, et Irad genuit Maviaël, et Maviaël genuit Mathusaël, et Mathusaël genuit Lamech.
18Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.
19Qui accepit duas uxores, nomen uni Ada, et nomen alteri Sella.
19And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
20Genuitque Ada Jabel, qui fuit pater habitantium in tentoriis, atque pastorum.
20Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.
21Et nomen fratris ejus Jubal: ipse fuit pater canentium cithara et organo.
21And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
22Sella quoque genuit Tubalcain, qui fuit malleator et faber in cuncta opera æris et ferri. Soror vero Tubalcain, Noëma.
22And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
23Dixitque Lamech uxoribus suis Adæ et Sellæ: [Audite vocem meam, uxores Lamech; auscultate sermonem meum: quoniam occidi virum in vulnus meum, et adolescentulum in livorem meum.
23Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
24Septuplum ultio dabitur de Cain: de Lamech vero septuagies septies.]
24If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
25Cognovit quoque adhuc Adam uxorem suam: et peperit filium, vocavitque nomen ejus Seth, dicens: Posuit mihi Deus semen aliud pro Abel, quem occidit Cain.
25And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
26Sed et Seth natus est filius, quem vocavit Enos: iste cœpit invocare nomen Domini.
26And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
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