Genesis 4 (NET)

Genesis 4:1¹Now the man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, “I have created a man just as the Lord did!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 3:12Gen 3:15Gen 4:25

Genesis 4:2²Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 3:121 John 3:15Luke 11:511 John 3:10Gen 47:3John 8:44Exod 3:1Ps 78:70-72Amos 7:15Gen 3:23

Genesis 4:3³At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 18:12Lev 2:1-11

Genesis 4:4⁴But Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock—even the fattest of them. And the Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 11:4Prov 3:9Exod 13:12Num 18:171 Pet 1:19-202 Chr 7:1Heb 9:22Lev 3:16-17Ps 20:31 Chr 21:26

Genesis 4:5⁵but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 11:4Job 5:2Acts 13:45Isa 3:10-11Luke 15:28-30Matt 20:15Ps 20:3Gen 31:2Gen 31:5Num 16:15

Genesis 4:6⁶Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:18Job 5:2Luke 15:31-32Jer 2:31Matt 20:15Mic 6:3-5

Genesis 4:7⁷Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:15Rom 2:6-10Isa 3:10-11Rom 6:16Heb 11:4Num 32:23Rom 12:1Rom 7:8-9Prov 21:27Mal 1:13

Genesis 4:8⁸Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 23:351 John 3:12-15Jude 1:11Prov 26:24-26Luke 11:512 Sam 14:6Heb 12:24Ps 24:3-62 Sam 13:26-282 Sam 20:9-10

Genesis 4:9⁹Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” And he replied, “I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guardian?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 28:13John 8:44Ps 9:12Ps 10:13-14Acts 5:4-9Gen 37:32

Genesis 4:10¹⁰But the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 12:24Heb 11:4Ps 72:14Isa 5:7Jas 5:4Ps 9:12Num 35:33Rev 6:9-10Job 16:18Job 31:38-39

Genesis 4:11¹¹So now you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 3:10Job 16:18Deut 28:15-20Gen 3:14Deut 27:16-26Deut 29:19-21Gen 4:14Isa 26:21Job 31:38-40Rev 12:16

Genesis 4:12¹²When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 9:17Lev 26:20Lev 26:36Deut 28:23-24Deut 28:65-66Gen 3:17-18Gen 4:14Jer 20:3-4Ps 109:10Rom 8:20

Genesis 4:13¹³Then Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is too great to endure!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 15:22Rev 16:9

Genesis 4:14¹⁴Look, you are driving me off the land today, and I must hide from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 35:19Job 15:20-24Ps 143:72 Thess 1:9Deut 28:65Prov 28:1Gen 4:15-16Gen 9:5-6Jer 52:3Matt 25:46

Genesis 4:15¹⁵But the Lord said to him, “All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” Then the Lord put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 9:4Ps 79:12Ezek 9:6Gen 4:24Rev 14:11Rev 14:91 Kgs 16:7Hos 1:4Lev 26:18Lev 26:21

Genesis 4:16¹⁶So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 13:232 Kgs 24:20Exod 20:18Gen 3:8Gen 4:14Jer 23:39Jer 52:3Job 2:71 Thess 1:9Job 1:12

Genesis 4:17¹⁷Cain was intimate with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 4:30Eccl 2:4-11Ps 49:112 Sam 18:18Gen 11:4Gen 5:18Gen 5:22Luke 17:28-29

Genesis 4:18¹⁸To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 36:2Gen 5:21

Genesis 4:19¹⁹Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 2:24Gen 2:18Matt 19:4-6Matt 19:8

Genesis 4:20²⁰Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 2:50-521 Chr 4:4-5Gen 25:27Gen 4:2Gen 4:21Heb 11:9Jer 35:9-10John 8:44Rom 4:11-12

Genesis 4:21²¹The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 6:5Gen 31:27Isa 5:12Job 21:12Rom 4:11-12

Genesis 4:22²²Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 2:7Deut 33:25Deut 8:9Exod 25:3Num 31:22

Genesis 4:23²³Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen to me! You wives of Lamech, hear my words! I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for hurting me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 20:13Lev 19:18Num 23:18Judg 9:7

Genesis 4:24²⁴If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 18:22Gen 4:15

Genesis 4:25²⁵And Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, “God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 4:8Luke 3:381 Chr 1:1Gen 4:1-3Gen 4:10-11Gen 5:3-4

Genesis 4:26²⁶And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 116:171 Kgs 18:24Joel 2:32Zeph 3:9Gen 12:8Gen 26:25Jer 33:16Luke 3:38Deut 26:17-181 Cor 1:2