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Genesis 4 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)

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1 А҆да́мъ же позна̀ є҆́ѵꙋ женꙋ̀ свою̀, и҆ заче́нши родѝ ка́їна и҆ речѐ: стѧжа́хъ человѣ́ка бг҃омъ. 2 И҆ приложѝ роди́ти бра́та є҆гѡ̀, а҆́велѧ. И҆ бы́сть а҆́вель па́стырь ѻ҆ве́цъ, ка́їнъ же бѣ̀ дѣ́лаѧй зе́млю. 3 И҆ бы́сть по дне́хъ, принесѐ ка́їнъ ѿ плодѡ́въ землѝ же́ртвꙋ бг҃ꙋ: 4 и҆ а҆́вель принесѐ и҆ то́й ѿ перворо́дныхъ ѻ҆ве́цъ свои́хъ и҆ ѿ тꙋ́кѡвъ и҆́хъ. И҆ призрѣ̀ бг҃ъ на а҆́велѧ и҆ на да́ры є҆гѡ̀: 5 на ка́їна же и҆ на жє́ртвы є҆гѡ̀ не внѧ́тъ. И҆ ѡ҆печа́лисѧ ка́їнъ ѕѣлѡ̀, и҆ и҆спадѐ лицѐ є҆гѡ̀. 6 И҆ речѐ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ ка́їнꙋ: вскꙋ́ю приско́рбенъ бы́лъ є҆сѝ; и҆ вскꙋ́ю и҆спадѐ лицѐ твоѐ; 7 Є҆да̀ а҆́ще пра́вѡ прине́слъ є҆сѝ, пра́вѡ же не раздѣли́лъ є҆сѝ, не согрѣши́лъ ли є҆сѝ; ᲂу҆мо́лкни: къ тебѣ̀ ѡ҆браще́нїе є҆гѡ̀, и҆ ты̀ тѣ́мъ ѡ҆блада́еши. 8 И҆ речѐ ка́їнъ ко а҆́велю бра́тꙋ своемꙋ̀: по́йдемъ на по́ле. И҆ бы́сть внегда̀ бы́ти и҆̀мъ на по́ли, воста̀ ка́їнъ на а҆́велѧ бра́та своего̀ и҆ ᲂу҆бѝ є҆го̀. 9 И҆ речѐ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ ко ка́їнꙋ: гдѣ̀ є҆́сть а҆́вель бра́тъ тво́й; И҆ речѐ: не вѣ́мъ: є҆да̀ стра́жъ бра́тꙋ моемꙋ̀ є҆́смь а҆́зъ; 10 И҆ речѐ гдⷭ҇ь: что̀ сотвори́лъ є҆сѝ сїѐ; гла́съ кро́ве бра́та твоегѡ̀ вопїе́тъ ко мнѣ̀ ѿ землѝ: 11 и҆ нн҃ѣ про́клѧтъ ты̀ на землѝ, ꙗ҆́же разве́рзе ᲂу҆ста̀ своѧ̑ прїѧ́ти кро́вь бра́та твоегѡ̀ ѿ рꙋкѝ твоеѧ̀: 12 є҆гда̀ дѣ́лаеши зе́млю, и҆ не приложи́тъ си́лы своеѧ̀ да́ти тебѣ̀: стенѧ̀ и҆ трѧсы́йсѧ бꙋ́деши на землѝ. 13 И҆ речѐ ка́їнъ ко гдⷭ҇ꙋ бг҃ꙋ: вѧ́щшаѧ вина̀ моѧ̀, є҆́же ѡ҆ста́витисѧ мѝ: 14 а҆́ще и҆зго́ниши мѧ̀ дне́сь ѿ лица̀ землѝ, и҆ ѿ лица̀ твоегѡ̀ скры́юсѧ, и҆ бꙋ́дꙋ стенѧ̀ и҆ трѧсы́йсѧ на землѝ, и҆ бꙋ́детъ, всѧ́къ ѡ҆брѣта́ѧй мѧ̀ ᲂу҆бїе́тъ мѧ̀. 15 И҆ речѐ є҆мꙋ̀ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ: не та́кѡ: всѧ́къ ᲂу҆би́вый ка́їна седми́жды ѿмсти́тсѧ. И҆ положѝ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ зна́менїе на ка́їнѣ, є҆́же не ᲂу҆би́ти є҆гѡ̀ всѧ́комꙋ ѡ҆брѣта́ющемꙋ є҆го̀. 16 И҆ и҆зы́де ка́їнъ ѿ лица̀ бж҃їѧ и҆ всели́сѧ въ зе́млю наі́дъ, прѧ́мѡ є҆де́мꙋ. 17 И҆ позна̀ ка́їнъ женꙋ̀ свою̀, и҆ заче́нши родѝ є҆нѡ́ха. И҆ бѣ̀ зи́ждѧй гра́дъ, и҆ и҆менова̀ гра́дъ во и҆́мѧ сы́на своегѡ̀ є҆нѡ́хъ. 18 Роди́сѧ же є҆нѡ́хꙋ гаїда́дъ: и҆ гаїда́дъ родѝ малелеи́ла: и҆ малелеи́лъ родѝ маѳꙋса́ла: маѳꙋса́лъ же родѝ ламе́ха. 19 И҆ взѧ̀ себѣ̀ ламе́хъ двѣ̀ жєны̀: и҆́мѧ є҆ди́нѣй а҆да̀ и҆ и҆́мѧ вторѣ́й селла̀. 20 И҆ родѝ а҆да̀ і҆ѡви́ла: се́й бѧ́ше ѻ҆те́цъ живꙋ́щихъ въ селе́нїихъ скотопита́телей. 21 И҆ и҆́мѧ бра́тꙋ є҆гѡ̀ і҆ꙋва́лъ: се́й бѧ́ше показа́вый пѣвни́цꙋ и҆ гꙋ́сли. 22 Селла́ же и҆ та́ѧ родѝ ѳо́вела: се́й бѧ́ше млатобі́ецъ, кова́чь мѣ́ди и҆ желѣ́за: сестра́ же ѳо́велова ноема̀. 23 Рече́ же ламе́хъ свои̑мъ жена́мъ: а҆да̀ и҆ селла̀, ᲂу҆слы́шите гла́съ мо́й, жєны̀ ламе́хѡвы, внꙋши́те моѧ̑ словеса̀: ꙗ҆́кѡ мꙋ́жа ᲂу҆би́хъ въ ꙗ҆́звꙋ мнѣ̀ и҆ ю҆́ношꙋ въ стрꙋ́пъ мнѣ̀: 24 ꙗ҆́кѡ седми́цею ѿмсти́сѧ ѿ ка́їна, ѿ ламе́ха же се́дмьдесѧтъ седми́цею. 25 Позна́ же а҆да́мъ є҆́ѵꙋ женꙋ̀ свою̀: и҆ заче́нши родѝ сы́на, и҆ и҆менова̀ и҆́мѧ є҆мꙋ̀ си́ѳъ, глаго́лющи: воскр҃си́ бо мѝ бг҃ъ сѣ́мѧ дрꙋго́е, вмѣ́стѡ а҆́велѧ, є҆го́же ᲂу҆бѝ ка́їнъ. 26 И҆ си́ѳꙋ бы́сть сы́нъ: и҆менова́ же и҆́мѧ є҆мꙋ̀ є҆нѡ́съ: се́й ᲂу҆пова̀ призыва́ти и҆́мѧ гдⷭ҇а бг҃а.

People & places in this chapter

From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.

People

  • Abel

    The righteous shepherd

    A shepherd whose faithful offering pleased God, murdered by his own brother.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4; Hebrews 11:4

  • Adah

    Wife of Lamech

    One of Lamech's two wives, who gave birth to Jabal and was addressed with Zillah in Lamech's boast.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:19; Genesis 4:20; Genesis 4:23

  • Adam

    The first man

    Formed from the dust by God's own hand, the father of all who live.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 1–5

  • Cain

    The firstborn son

    The firstborn of humanity, whose jealousy led to the first murder.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4

  • Enoch

    Cain's firstborn son

    Cain's son, after whom Cain named the first city recorded in Scripture.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:17-18

  • Enosh

    Son of Seth

    In his days people first began to call on the name of the LORD.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:26; 5:6–11

  • Eve

    First woman, first mother

    The first woman, formed from Adam and named "the mother of all living."

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 2-4

  • Irad

    Descendant of Cain

    Son of Enoch and grandson of Cain, listed in Cain's genealogy.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:18

  • Jabal

    Father of herdsmen

    Son of Lamech, called the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:20

  • Jubal

    Father of musicians

    Son of Lamech, called the father of all who play the harp and flute.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:21

  • Lamech

    Warrior who boasted

    Descendant of Cain who took two wives and boasted of avenging himself with violence.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:18-24

  • Mehujael

    Descendant of Cain

    Son of Irad in the line of Cain, named only in the genealogy.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:18

  • Methushael

    Descendant of Cain

    Son of Mehujael and father of Lamech in the line of Cain.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:18

  • Naamah

    Sister of Tubal-cain

    Named in Lamech's family as the sister of Tubal-cain.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:22

  • Seth

    The appointed son

    The son granted in Abel's place, through whom the godly line continued.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:25–5:8

  • Tubal-cain

    Forger of metal tools

    Son of Lamech and Zillah, a forger of all tools of bronze and iron.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:22

  • Zillah

    Wife of Lamech

    One of Lamech's two wives, who gave birth to Tubal-cain and was addressed with Adah in Lamech's boast.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 4:19; Genesis 4:22; Genesis 4:23

Cross references (26)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 1 John 3:12; Genesis 3:15; Genesis 4:25
  2. 2 1 John 3:12; 1 John 3:15; Luke 11:51; John 8:44; 1 John 3:10
  3. 3 Numbers 18:12; Leviticus 2:1–11
  4. 4 Hebrews 11:4; Proverbs 3:9; Exodus 13:12; Numbers 18:17; 1 Peter 1:19–20
  5. 5 Hebrews 11:4; Job 5:2; Isaiah 3:10–11; Luke 15:28–30; Matthew 20:15
  6. 6 Isaiah 1:18; Job 5:2; Luke 15:31–32; Jeremiah 2:31; Matthew 20:15
  7. 7 James 1:15; Romans 2:6–10; Isaiah 3:10–11; Romans 6:16; Hebrews 11:4
  8. 8 Matthew 23:35; 1 John 3:12–15; Jude 11; Proverbs 26:24–26; Luke 11:51
  9. 9 Proverbs 28:13; John 8:44; Psalm 9:12; Psalm 10:13–14; Genesis 37:32
  10. 10 Hebrews 12:24; Psalm 72:14; Hebrews 11:4; Isaiah 5:7; James 5:4
  11. 11 Galatians 3:10; Job 16:18; Genesis 3:14; Deuteronomy 28:15–20; Job 31:38–40
  12. 12 Hosea 9:17; Leviticus 26:20; Leviticus 26:36; Deuteronomy 28:23–24; Psalm 109:10
  13. 13 Job 15:22; Revelation 16:9
  14. 14 Numbers 35:19; Psalm 143:7; Job 15:20–24; Proverbs 28:1; Deuteronomy 28:65
  15. 15 Ezekiel 9:4; Psalm 79:12; Genesis 4:24; Ezekiel 9:6; Revelation 14:11
  16. 16 Job 2:7; Genesis 4:14; 2 Kings 13:23; Jeremiah 23:39; Genesis 3:8
  17. 17 Daniel 4:30; Ecclesiastes 2:4–11; Psalm 49:11; Genesis 5:18; Luke 17:28–29
  18. 18 Genesis 36:2; Genesis 5:21
  19. 19 Genesis 2:24; Genesis 2:18; Matthew 19:4–6; Matthew 19:8
  20. 20 Genesis 25:27; Romans 4:11–12; John 8:44; Jeremiah 35:9–10; 1 Chronicles 2:50–52
  21. 21 Amos 6:5; Job 21:12; Romans 4:11–12; Isaiah 5:12; Genesis 31:27
  22. 22 Deuteronomy 33:25; 2 Chronicles 2:7; Numbers 31:22; Deuteronomy 8:9; Exodus 25:3
  23. 23 Numbers 23:18; Leviticus 19:18; Exodus 20:13; Judges 9:7
  24. 24 Matthew 18:22; Genesis 4:15
  25. 25 Genesis 4:8; Luke 3:38; Genesis 5:3–4; Genesis 4:10–11; 1 Chronicles 1:1
  26. 26 Psalm 116:17; 1 Kings 18:24; Joel 2:32; Zephaniah 3:9; Luke 3:38

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 4:3–8 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters I–VI)

    And it came to pass, while they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him." Ye see, brethren, how envy and jealousy led to the murder of a brother.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 4:7 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter XVIII)

    … is without blame, and worketh no evil --that God who reveals what is hidden [in the heart], but who worketh not evil--when Cain was by no means at rest, He saith to him: "To thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him." Thus did He in like manner speak to Pilate: "Thou shouldest have no power at …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 4:17 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XV, Chapters 8–9)

    Therefore, although it is written, "And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bare Enoch, and he builded a city and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch," it does not follow that we are to believe this to have been his first-born; for we cannot suppose that this is proved by the …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  4. Quotes verse 4:24 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LXXIV)

    Heardest thou not Lamech saying, "Of Lamech vengeance shall be taken seventy times sevenfold;" that is, "I am deserving of more punishment than Cain." Why could this be?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  5. Quotes verse 4:26 Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations (The Second Theological Oration)

    Thus Enos "hoped to call upon the Name of the Lord." Hope was that for which he is commended; and that, not that he should know God, but that he should call upon him.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)