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Genesis 4

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

Translation: TYNDALE
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1And Adam lay wyth Heua ys wyfe which conceaved and bare Cain and sayd: I haue goten a ma of the LORde.Select Genesis 4:1

2And she proceded forth and bare hys brother Abell: And Abell became a sheperde And Cain became a ploweman.Select Genesis 4:2

3And it fortuned in processe of tyme that Cain brought of the frute of the erth: an offerynge vnto the LORde.Select Genesis 4:3

4And Abell he brought also of the fyrstlynges of hys shepe and of the fatt of them. And the LORde loked vnto Abell and to his offeynge:Select Genesis 4:4

5but vnto Cain and vnto his offrynge looked he not. And Cain was wroth exceadingly and loured.Select Genesis 4:5

6And the LORde sayd vnto Cain: why art thou angry and why loureste thou? Wotest thou not yf thou dost well thou shalt receave it?Select Genesis 4:6

7But and yf thou dost evell by and by thy synne lyeth open in the dore. Not withstondyng let it be subdued vnto the ad see thou rule it.Select Genesis 4:7

8And Cain talked wyth Abell his brother.And as soone as they were in the feldes Cain fell vppon Abell his brother and slewe hymSelect Genesis 4:8

9And ye LORde sayd vnto Cain: where is Abell thy brother? And he sayd: I can not tell am I my brothers keper?Select Genesis 4:9

10And he sayd: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers bloud cryeth vnto me out of the erth.Select Genesis 4:10

11And now cursed be thou as pertaynyng to the erth which opened hyr mouth to receaue thy brothers bloud of thyne hande.Select Genesis 4:11

12For when thou tyllest the grounde she shall heceforth not geve hyr power vnto the. A vagabunde and a rennagate shalt thou be vpon the erth.Select Genesis 4:12

13And Cain sayd vnto the LORde: my synne is greater then that it may be forgeven.Select Genesis 4:13

14Beholde thou castest me out thys day from of the face of the erth and fro thy syghte must I hyde my selfe ad I must be wandrynge and a vagabunde vpon the erth: Morover whosoever fyndeth me wyll kyll me,Select Genesis 4:14

15And the LORde sayd vnto hi Not so but whosoever sleyth Cain shalbe punyshed .vij. folde. And ye LORde put a marke vpo Cain that no ma yt founde hym shulde kyll hym.Select Genesis 4:15

16And Cain went out fro the face of the LORde and dwelt in the lande Nod on the east syde of Eden.Select Genesis 4:16

17And Cain laye wyth hys wyfe which conceaved and bare Henoch. And he was buyldinge a cyte and called the name of it after the name of hys sonne Henoch.Select Genesis 4:17

18And Henoch begat Irad. And Irad begat Mahuiael. And Mahuiael begat Mathusael. And Mathusael begat Lamech.Select Genesis 4:18

19And Lamech toke hym two wyves: the one was called Ada and the other Zilla.Select Genesis 4:19

20And Ada bare Iabal of whome came they that dwell in tentes ad possesse catell.Select Genesis 4:20

21And hys brothers name was Iubal: of hym came all that excercyse them selves on the harpe and on the organsSelect Genesis 4:21

22And Zilla she also bare Tubalcain a worker in metall and a father of all that grave in brasse and yeron. And Tubalcains syster was called Naema.Select Genesis 4:22

23Then sayd Lamech vnto hys wyves Ada ad Zilla: heare my voyce ye wyves of Lamech and herken vnto my wordes for I haue slayne a man and wounded my selfe and haue slayn a yongman and gotte my selfe strypes:Select Genesis 4:23

24For Cain shall be avenged sevenfolde: but Lamech seventie tymes sevenfolde.Select Genesis 4:24

25Adam also laye with hys wyfe yet agayne and she bare a sonne ad called hys name Seth For god (sayd she) hath geven me a nother sonne For Abell whom Cain slewe.Select Genesis 4:25

26And Seth begat a sonne and called hys name Enos. And in that tyme began men to call on the name of the LORde.Select Genesis 4:26

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