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¹Adem karısı Havva'yı bildi; Havva hamile kalıp Kayin'i doğurdu ve "Tanrı sayesinde bir adam edindim" dedi.

²Sonra yine doğurarak onun kardeşi Habil'i dünyaya getirdi. Habil koyun çobanı oldu, Kayin ise toprağı işliyordu.

³Günler geçtikten sonra Kayin, toprağın ürünlerinden Rab'be bir sunu getirdi.

⁴Habil de sürüsünün ilk doğanlarından ve onların yağlarından getirdi. Tanrı Habil'e ve sunularına lütufla baktı.

⁵Ama Kayin'e ve sunularına dikkatini yöneltmedi. Kayin buna çok kederlendi ve yüzü düştü.

⁶Rab Tanrı Kayin'e, "Neden çok kederlendin ve neden yüzün düştü?" dedi.

⁷"Doğru şekilde sunar ama doğru şekilde bölmezsen günah işlemiş olmaz mısın? Sakin ol; onun yönelişi sanadır ve sen ona egemen olacaksın."

⁸Kayin kardeşi Habil'e, "Ovaya geçelim" dedi. Ovada bulundukları sırada Kayin kardeşi Habil'in üzerine doğruldu ve onu öldürdü.

⁹Rab Tanrı Kayin'e, "Kardeşin Habil nerede?" dedi. O da, "Bilmiyorum, ben kardeşimin bekçisi miyim?" dedi.

¹⁰Rab, "Ne yaptın?" dedi, "Kardeşinin kanının sesi topraktan bana feryat ediyor.

¹¹Kardeşinin kanını senin elinden almak için ağzını açan topraktan ötürü şimdi sen lanetlendin.

¹²Toprağı işlediğinde, artık sana gücünü vermeyecektir; yeryüzünde inleyen ve titreyen biri olacaksın."

¹³Kayin Rab Tanrı'ya, "Suçum bağışlanamayacak kadar büyük" dedi.

¹⁴"İşte bugün beni toprağın yüzünden kovuyorsun, senin huzurundan gizleneceğim; yeryüzünde inleyen ve titreyen biri olacağım ve beni her kim bulursa öldürecek."

¹⁵Rab Tanrı ona, "Öyle değil" dedi, "Kayin'i her kim öldürürse, yedi kat öçle cezalandırılacaktır." Ve Rab Tanrı, onu bulan kimse öldürmesin diye Kayin'in üzerine bir nişan koydu.

¹⁶Kayin Tanrı'nın huzurundan çıktı ve Eden'in karşısında, Naid toprağında yaşadı.

¹⁷Kayin karısını bildi; karısı hamile kalıp Hanok'u doğurdu. Kayin bir kent inşa etmekteydi ve kente oğlunun adı olan Hanok adını verdi.

¹⁸Hanok'tan Gayidad doğdu; Gayidad Maleleel'in babası oldu, Maleleel Metuşelah'ın babası oldu ve Metuşelah Lamek'in babası oldu.

¹⁹Lamek kendisine iki eş aldı; birinin adı Ada, ikincisinin adı Silla'ydı.

²⁰Ada Yovel'i doğurdu; o, çadırlarda yaşayan hayvan yetiştiricilerinin atasıydı.

²¹Kardeşinin adı Yuval'dı; o da telli çalgı ve lir çalanların atası oldu.

²²Silla da Tubal'i doğurdu; o, bakır ve demiri çekiçle döven bir metal işçisiydi. Tubal'in kız kardeşi Naama'ydı.

²³Lamek karılarına şöyle dedi: "Ada ve Silla, sesimi duyun; ey Lamek'in karıları, sözlerime kulak verin: Beni yaraladığı için bir adamı, beni berelediği için bir genci öldürdüm.

²⁴Kayin'in öcü yedi kat alınacaksa, Lamek'inki yetmiş kere yedi kat alınacaktır."

²⁵Adem karısı Havva'yı bildi; Havva hamile kalıp bir oğul doğurdu ve "Kayin'in öldürdüğü Habil'in yerine Tanrı bana başka bir soy ayağa kaldırdı" diyerek adını Şit koydu.

²⁶Şit'in de bir oğlu oldu ve adını Enos koydu. Bu kişi Rab Tanrı'nın adını çağırmayı umut etti.

¹ΑΔΑΜ δὲ ἔγνω Εὔαν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκε τὸν Κάϊν καὶ εἶπεν· ἐκτησάμην ἄνθρωπον διὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ.

²καὶ προσέθηκε τεκεῖν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, τὸν ῎Αβελ. καὶ ἐγένετο ῎Αβελ ποιμὴν προβάτων, Κάϊν δὲ ἦν ἐργαζόμενος τὴν γῆν.

³καὶ ἐγένετο μεθ᾿ ἡμέρας ἤνεγκε Κάϊν ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν τῆς γῆς θυσίαν τῷ Κυρίῳ,

⁴καὶ Ἄβελ ἤνεγκε καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπὸ τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν προβάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν στεάτων αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐπεῖδεν ὁ Θεὸς ἐπὶ ῎Αβελ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς δώροις αὐτοῦ,

⁵ἐπὶ δὲ Κάϊν καὶ ἐπὶ ταῖς θυσίαις αὐτοῦ οὐ προσέσχε. καὶ ἐλυπήθη Κάϊν λίαν, καὶ συνέπεσε τῷ προσώπῳ αὐτοῦ.

⁶καὶ εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Κάϊν· ἵνα τί περίλυπος ἐγένου, καὶ ἵνα τί συνέπεσε τὸ πρόσωπόν σου;

⁷οὐκ ἐὰν ὀρθῶς προσενέγκῃς, ὀρθῶς δὲ μὴ διέλῃς, ἥμαρτες; ἡσύχασον· πρὸς σὲ ἡ ἀποστροφὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ σὺ ἄρξεις αὐτοῦ.

⁸καὶ εἶπε Κάϊν πρὸς ῎Αβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ· διέλθωμεν εἰς τὸ πεδίον. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, ἀνέστη Κάϊν ἐπὶ ῎Αβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτόν.

⁹καὶ εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς Κάϊν· ποῦ ἔστιν ῎Αβελ ὁ ἀδελφός σου; καὶ εἶπεν· οὐ γινώσκω· μὴ φύλαξ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου εἰμὶ ἐγώ;

¹⁰καί εἶπε Κύριος· τί πεποίηκας; φωνὴ αἵματος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου βοᾷ πρός με ἐκ τῆς γῆς.

¹¹καὶ νῦν ἐπικατάρατος σὺ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, ἣ ἔχανε τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς δέξασθαι τὸ αἷμα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου ἐκ τῆς χειρός σου·

¹²ὅτε ἐργᾷ τὴν γῆν, καὶ οὐ προσθήσει τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῆς δοῦναί σοι· στένων καὶ τρέμων ἔσῃ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

¹³καὶ εἶπε Κάϊν πρὸς Κύριον τὸν Θεόν· μείζων ἡ αἰτία μου τοῦ ἀφεθῆναί με·

¹⁴εἰ ἐκβάλλεις με σήμερον ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου κρυβήσομαι, καὶ ἔσομαι στένων καὶ τρέμων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἔσται πᾶς ὁ εὑρίσκων με, ἀποκτενεῖ με.

¹⁵καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Κύριος ὁ Θεός· οὐχ οὕτως, πᾶς ὁ ἀποκτείνας Κάϊν ἑπτὰ ἐκδικούμενα παραλύσει. καὶ ἔθετο Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς σημεῖον τῷ Κάϊν τοῦ μὴ ἀνελεῖν αὐτὸν πάντα τὸν εὑρίσκοντα αὐτόν.

¹⁶ἐξῆλθε δὲ Κάϊν ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ᾤκησεν ἐν γῇ Ναὶδ κατέναντι ᾿Εδέμ.

¹⁷Καὶ ἔγνω Κάϊν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκε τὸν ᾿Ενώχ. καὶ ἦν οἰκοδομῶν πόλιν καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὴν πόλιν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ᾿Ενώχ.

¹⁸ἐγεννήθη δὲ τῷ ᾿Ενὼχ Γαϊδάδ, καὶ Γαϊδὰδ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαλελεήλ, καὶ Μαλελεὴλ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαθουσάλα, καὶ Μαθουσάλα ἐγέννησε τὸν Λάμεχ.

¹⁹καὶ ἔλαβεν ἑαυτῷ Λάμεχ δύο γυναῖκας, ὄνομα τῇ μιᾷ ᾿Αδά, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ δευτέρᾳ Σελλά.

²⁰καὶ ἔτεκεν ᾿Αδὰ τὸν ᾿Ιωβήλ· οὗτος ἦν πατὴρ οἰκούντων ἐν σκηναῖς κτηνοτρόφων.

²¹καὶ ὄνομα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ ᾿Ιουβάλ· οὗτος ἦν ὁ καταδείξας ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάραν.

²²Σελλὰ δὲ καὶ αὐτὴ ἔτεκε τὸν Θόβελ, καὶ ἦν σφυροκόπος χαλκεὺς χαλκοῦ καὶ σιδήρου· ἀδελφὴ δὲ Θόβελ Νοεμά.

²³εἶπε δὲ Λάμεχ ταῖς ἑαυτοῦ γυναιξίν· ᾿Αδὰ καὶ Σελλά, ἀκούσατέ μου τῆς φωνῆς, γυναῖκες Λάμεχ, ἐνωτίσασθέ μου τοὺς λόγους, ὅτι ἄνδρα ἀπέκτεινα εἰς τραῦμα ἐμοὶ καὶ νεανίσκον εἰς μώλωπα ἐμοί·

²⁴ὅτι ἑπτάκις ἐκδεδίκηται ἐκ Κάϊν, ἐκ δὲ Λάμεχ ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά.

²⁵῎Εγνω δὲ ᾿Αδὰμ Εὔαν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκεν υἱόν, καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Σήθ, λέγουσα· ἐξανέστησε γάρ μοι ὁ Θεὸς σπέρμα ἕτερον ἀντὶ ῎Αβελ, ὃν ἀπέκτεινε Κάϊν.

²⁶καὶ τῷ Σὴθ ἐγένετο υἱός, ἐπωνόμασε δὲ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ᾿Ενώς· οὗτος ἤλπισεν ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ.

¹AND Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and brought forth Cain and said, I have gained a man through God.

²And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

³And it was so after some time that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a sacrifice to the Lord.

⁴And Abel also brought of the first born of his sheep and of his fatlings, and God looked upon Abel and his gifts,

⁵but Cain and his sacrifices he regarded not, and Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell.

⁶And the Lord God said to Cain, Why art thou become very sorrowful and why is thy countenance fallen?

⁷Hast thou not sinned if thou hast brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? be still, to thee shall be his submission, and thou shalt rule over him.

⁸And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

⁹And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper?

¹⁰And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood cries to me out of the ground.

¹¹And now thou [art] cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

¹²When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth.

¹³And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime [is] too great for me to be forgiven.

¹⁴If thou castest me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one that finds me shall slay me.

¹⁵And the Lord God said to him, Not so, any one that slays Cain shall suffer seven-fold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might slay him.

¹⁶So Cain went forth from the presence of God and dwelt in the land of Nod over against Edem.

¹⁷And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

¹⁸And to Enoch was born Gaidad; and Gaidad begot Maleleel; and Maleleel begot Mathusala; and Mathusala begot Lamech.

¹⁹And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the second Sella.

²⁰And Ada bore Jobel; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle.

²¹And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who invented the psaltery and harp.

²²And Sella also bore Thobel; he was a smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron; and the sister of Thobel was Noema.

²³And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief.

²⁴Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's [it shall be] seventy times seven.

²⁵And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, For God has raised up to me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

²⁶And Seth had a son, and he called his name Enos: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God.