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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 2, 2 January 2026   
      
   1) Genesis 4 - 5 , 1 Chron 1:1-4 , Job 1 - 2   
      
   Cain and Abel   
   1 Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived, gave birth to   
   Cain and said, "I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord."   
   (interesting way of describing procreation)   
   2 Then she gave birth again to his brother Abel.   
   And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.   
   3 In the course of time Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of   
   the ground.   
   4 Abel also brought the firstborn of his flock and of their fat   
   portions. And the Lord had respect for Abel and for his offering,   
   5 but for Cain and for his offering, He did not have respect.   
   And Cain was very angry and his countenance fell.   
   6 The Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your countenance fallen?   
   7 If you do well, shall you not be accepted? Or   
   uplifted. But if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. It   
   desires to dominate you, but you must rule over it."   
   (God warns of anger and negative behaviour)   
   8 Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about, when they were in the   
   field, that Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.  9 The   
   Lord said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?"   
   He said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"   
   (Murder and deceit)   
   10 And then He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood   
   is crying out to Me from the ground.   
   11 Now you are cursed from the ground which opened its mouth to receive your   
   brother's blood from your hand.   
   12 From now on when you till the ground, it will not yield for you its best.   
   You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."   
   13 Then Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is more than I can bear.   
   14  You have driven me out this day from the face of the earth,   
   and from your face will I be hidden; and I will be a fugitive and a vagabond   
   in the earth, and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me."   
   15 So the Lord said to him, "Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will   
   be taken on him sevenfold." Then the Lord put a mark upon Cain, so that no   
   one finding him would kill him. (Hence come the expression the Mark of   
   Cain)   
   16 Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and settled in   
   the land of Nod, east of Eden.   
   17 Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to   
   Enoch. He built a city and called the name of the city after the name of   
   his son, Enoch.   
   18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of   
   Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the   
   father of Lamech.   
   19 Lamech took two wives. The name of one was Adah, and   
   the name of the other Zillah.   
   20 Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the   
   father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.   
   21 His brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of all those who play   
   the harp and flute.   
   22 Zillah gave birth to Tubal-Cain, a forger of every tool of bronze and   
   iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.   
   23 Lamech said to his wives:   
   "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice,   
   you wives of Lamech, and listen to my speech.   
   For I have killed a man for wounding me,   
   a young man who hurt me.   
   24 If Cain will be avenged sevenfold,   
   then truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold."   
   25 Adam had relations with his wife again, and she had another son and   
   called his name Seth, for she said, "God has granted me another offspring   
   instead of Abel because Cain killed him."   
   26 To Seth also was born a son,   
   and he called his name Enosh.  At that time men began to call on the name   
   of the Lord.   
      
   [1] And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said,   
   I have gotten a man from the LORD.   
   [2] And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but   
   Cain was a tiller of the ground.   
   [3] And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit   
   of the ground an offering unto the LORD.   
   [4] And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat   
   thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:   
   [5] But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very   
   wroth, and his countenance fell.   
   [6] And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy   
   countenance fallen?   
   [7] If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not   
   well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou   
   shalt rule over him.   
   [8] And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they   
   were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.   
   [9] And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I   
   know not: Am I my brother's keeper?   
   [10] And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood   
   crieth unto me from the ground.   
   [11] And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to   
   receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;   
   [12] When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee   
   her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.   
   [13] And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.   
   [14] Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth;   
   and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond   
   in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me   
   shall slay me.   
   [15] And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance   
   shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any   
   finding him should kill him.   
   [16] And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land   
   of Nod, on the east of Eden.   
   [17] 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.   
   [18] And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael   
   begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.   
   [19] And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and   
   the name of the other Zillah.   
   [20] And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and   
   of such as have cattle.   
   [21] And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as   
   handle the harp and organ.   
   [22] And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer   
   in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.   
   [23] And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye   
   wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my   
   wounding, and a young man to my hurt.   
   [24] If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.   
   [25] And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name   
   Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel,   
   whom Cain slew.   
   [26] And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name   
      
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