1 And Adam knew Eve his wife: who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God. 2 And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman. 3 And it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord. 4 Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat: and the Lord had respect to Abel, and to his offerings. 5 But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain was exceedingly angry, and his countenance fell. 6 And the Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the door? but the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it. 8 And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him. 9 And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered, I know not: am I my brother’s keeper? 10 And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth to me from the earth. 11 Now, therefore, cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand. 12 When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth. 13 And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon. 14 Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy face, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: every one, therefore, that findeth me, shall kill me. 15 And the Lord said to him: No, it shall not be so: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be punished sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him. 16 And Cain went out from the face of the Lord, and dwelt as a fugitive on the earth, at the east side of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and brought forth Henoch: and he built a city, and called the name thereof by the name of his son Henoch. 18 And Henoch begot Irad, and Irad begot Maviael, and Maviael begot Mathusael, and Mathusael begot Lamech: 19 Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other Sella. 20 And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen. 21 And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs. 22 Sella also brought forth Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and artificer in every work of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Noema. 23 And Lamech said to his wives Ada and Sella: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man to the wounding of myself, and a stripling to my own bruising. 24 Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold. 25 Adam also knew his wife again: and she brought forth a son, and called his name Seth, saying: God hath given me another seed, for Abel whom Cain slew. 26 But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos; this man began to call upon the name of the Lord.
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Personas y lugares de este capítulo
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Personas
Abel
A shepherd whose faithful offering pleased God, murdered by his own brother.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 4; Hebrews 11:4
Adah
One of Lamech's two wives, who gave birth to Jabal and was addressed with Zillah in Lamech's boast.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 4:19; Genesis 4:20; Genesis 4:23
Adam
Formed from the dust by God's own hand, the father of all who live.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 1–5
Cain
The firstborn of humanity, whose jealousy led to the first murder.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 4
Enosh
In his days people first began to call on the name of the LORD.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 4:26; 5:6–11
Eve
The first woman, formed from Adam and named "the mother of all living."
Citado en la guía: Genesis 2-4
Irad
Son of Enoch and grandson of Cain, listed in Cain's genealogy.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 4:18
Jubal
Son of Lamech, called the father of all who play the harp and flute.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 4:21
Lamech
Descendant of Cain who took two wives and boasted of avenging himself with violence.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 4:18-24
Naamah
Named in Lamech's family as the sister of Tubal-cain.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 4:22
Seth
The son granted in Abel's place, through whom the godly line continued.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 4:25–5:8
Referencias cruzadas (26)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Juan 3:12; Génesis 3:15; Génesis 4:25
- 2 1 Juan 3:12; 1 Juan 3:15; Lucas 11:51; Juan 8:44; 1 Juan 3:10
- 3 Números 18:12; Levítico 2:1–11
- 4 Hebreos 11:4; Proverbios 3:9; Éxodo 13:12; Números 18:17; 1 Pedro 1:19–20
- 5 Hebreos 11:4; Job 5:2; Isaías 3:10–11; Lucas 15:28–30; Mateo 20:15
- 6 Isaías 1:18; Job 5:2; Lucas 15:31–32; Jeremías 2:31; Mateo 20:15
- 7 Santiago 1:15; Romanos 2:6–10; Isaías 3:10–11; Romanos 6:16; Hebreos 11:4
- 8 Mateo 23:35; 1 Juan 3:12–15; Judas 11; Proverbios 26:24–26; Lucas 11:51
- 9 Proverbios 28:13; Juan 8:44; Salmo 9:12; Salmo 10:13–14; Génesis 37:32
- 10 Hebreos 12:24; Salmo 72:14; Hebreos 11:4; Isaías 5:7; Santiago 5:4
- 11 Gálatas 3:10; Job 16:18; Génesis 3:14; Deuteronomio 28:15–20; Job 31:38–40
- 12 Oseas 9:17; Levítico 26:20; Levítico 26:36; Deuteronomio 28:23–24; Salmo 109:10
- 13 Job 15:22; Apocalipsis 16:9
- 14 Números 35:19; Salmo 143:7; Job 15:20–24; Proverbios 28:1; Deuteronomio 28:65
- 15 Ezequiel 9:4; Salmo 79:12; Génesis 4:24; Ezequiel 9:6; Apocalipsis 14:11
- 16 Job 2:7; Génesis 4:14; 2 Reyes 13:23; Jeremías 23:39; Génesis 3:8
- 17 Daniel 4:30; Eclesiastés 2:4–11; Salmo 49:11; Génesis 5:18; Lucas 17:28–29
- 18 Génesis 36:2; Génesis 5:21
- 19 Génesis 2:24; Génesis 2:18; Mateo 19:4–6; Mateo 19:8
- 20 Génesis 25:27; Romanos 4:11–12; Juan 8:44; Jeremías 35:9–10; 1 Crónicas 2:50–52
- 21 Amós 6:5; Job 21:12; Romanos 4:11–12; Isaías 5:12; Génesis 31:27
- 22 Deuteronomio 33:25; 2 Crónicas 2:7; Números 31:22; Deuteronomio 8:9; Éxodo 25:3
- 23 Números 23:18; Levítico 19:18; Éxodo 20:13; Jueces 9:7
- 24 Mateo 18:22; Génesis 4:15
- 25 Génesis 4:8; Lucas 3:38; Génesis 5:3–4; Génesis 4:10–11; 1 Crónicas 1:1
- 26 Salmo 116:17; 1 Reyes 18:24; Joel 2:32; Sofonías 3:9; Lucas 3:38
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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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.
… 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 …
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 …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
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?
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
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.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)