4Genesis 4

1Forsothe Adam knewe Eue his wijf, which conseyuede, and childide Cayn, and seide, Y haue gete a man bi God.Select Genesis 4:1

2And efte sche childide his brother Abel. Forsothe Abel was a kepere of scheep, and Cayn was an erthe tilyere.Select Genesis 4:2

3Sotheli it was don after many daies, that Cayn offride yiftis to the Lord of the fruytis of erthe;Select Genesis 4:3

4and Abel offride of the first gendrid of his floc, and of the fatnesse of tho. And the Lord bihelde to Abel and to the yiftis of hym;Select Genesis 4:4

5sotheli he bihelde not to Cayn and to hise yiftis. And Cayn was wrooth greetli, and his cheer felde doun.Select Genesis 4:5

6And the Lord seide to hym, Whi art thou wrooth, and whi felde doun thi face?Select Genesis 4:6

7Whether not if thou schalt do wel, thou schalt resseyue; but if thou doist yuele, thi synne schal be present anoon in the yatis? but the desir therof schal be vndur thee, and thou schalt be lord therof.Select Genesis 4:7

8And Cayn seide to Abel his brother, Go we out. And whanne thei weren in the feeld, Cayn roos ayens his brother Abel, and killide him.Select Genesis 4:8

9And the Lord seide to Cayn, Where is Abel thi brother? Which answerde, Y woot not; whether Y am the kepere of my brothir?Select Genesis 4:9

10And God seide to Cayn, What hast thou do? the vois of the blood of thi brother crieth to me fro erthe.Select Genesis 4:10

11Now therfor thou schalt be cursid on erthe, that openyde his mouth, and resseyuede of thin hond the blood of thi brothir.Select Genesis 4:11

12Whanne thou schalt worche the erthe, it schal not yyue his fruytis to thee; thou schalt be vnstable of dwellyng and fleynge aboute on erthe in alle the daies of thi lijf.Select Genesis 4:12

13And Cayn seide to the Lord, My wickidnesse is more than that Y disserue foryyuenesse; lo!Select Genesis 4:13

14to dai thou castist me out fro the face of the erthe; and Y schal be hid fro thi face, and Y schal be vnstable of dwellyng and fleynge aboute in erthe; therfore ech man that schal fynde me schal slee me.Select Genesis 4:14

15And the Lord seide to hym, It schal not be don so, but ech man that schal slee Cayn shal be punyschid seuenfold. And the Lord settide a signe in Cayn, that ech man that schulde fynde hym schulde not slee hym.Select Genesis 4:15

16And Cayn yede out fro the face of the Lord, and dwellide fleynge aboute in erthe, at the eest coost of Eden.Select Genesis 4:16

17Forsothe Cayn knewe his wiif, which conseyuede, and childide Enoth; and Cayn bildide a citee, and clepide the name therof of the name of hise sone Enoth.Select Genesis 4:17

18Forsothe Enoth gendride Irad, and Irad gendride Manyael, and Manyael gendride Matusael, and Matusael gendride Lameth;Select Genesis 4:18

19that took twei wyues, the name to o wijf was Ada, and the name to the tother was Sella.Select Genesis 4:19

20And Ada gendride Jabel, that was the fadir of dwellers in tentis and of shepherdis;Select Genesis 4:20

21and the name of his brother was Tubal, he was the fadir of syngeris in harpe and orgun.Select Genesis 4:21

22And Sella gendride Tubalcayn, that was an hamerbetere, and smyyt on alle werkis of bras and of yrun; forsothe the sistir of Tubalcayn was Neoma.Select Genesis 4:22

23And Lameth seide to his wyues Ada and Sella, Ye wyues of Lameth, here my vois, and herkne my word; for Y haue slayn a man bi my wounde, and a yong wexynge man bi my `violent betyng;Select Genesis 4:23

24veniaunce schal be youun seuenfold of Cayn, forsothe of Lameth seuentisithis seuensithis.Select Genesis 4:24

25Also yit Adam knewe his wijf, and sche childide a sone, and clepide his name Seth, and seide, God hath put to me another seed for Abel, whom Cayn killide.Select Genesis 4:25

26But also a sone was borun to Seth, which sone he clepide Enos; this Enos bigan to clepe inwardli the name of the Lord.Select Genesis 4:26