GENESIS 4

1. Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, "With the LORD's help, I have produced a man!"

아담이 그의 아내 하와와 동침하매 하와가 임신하여 가인을 낳고 이르되 내가 여호와로 말미암아 득남하였다 하니라

2. Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel. When they grew up, Abel became  shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground.

그가 또 가인의 아우 아벨을 낳았는데 아벨은 양 치는 자였고 가인은 농사하는 자였더라

3. When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the LORD.

세월이 지난 후에 가인은 땅의 소산으로 제물을 삼아 여호와께 드렸고

4. Abel also brought a gift- the best of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The LORD accepted Abel and his gift,

아벨은 자기도 양의 첫 새끼와 그 기름으로 드렸더니 여호와께서 아벨과 그의 제물은 받으셨으나

5. but he did not accepted Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.

가인과 그의 제물은 받지 아니하신지라 가인이 몹시 분하여 안색이 변하니

6. "Why are you so angry?" the LORD asked Cain. "Why do you look so dejected?"

여호와께서 가인에게 이르시되 네가 분하여 함은 어찌 됨이며 안색이 변함은 어찌 됨이냐

7. You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you.  But you must subdue it and be its master."

네가 선을 행하면 어찌 낯을 들지 못하겠느냐 선을 행하지 아니하면 죄가 문에 엎드려 있느니라 죄가 너를 원하나 너는 죄를 다스릴지니라

8. One day Cain suggested to his brother, "Let's go out into the fields." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel and killed him.

가인이 그의 아우 아벨에게 말하고 그들이 들에 있을 때에 가인이 그의 아우 아벨을 쳐죽이니라

9. Afterward the LORD asked Cain, "Where is your brother? Where is Abel?" "I don't know," Cain responded. "Am I my brother's guardian?"

여호와께서 가인에게 이르시되 네 아우 아벨이 어디 있느냐 그가 이르되 내가 알지 못하나이다 내가 내 아우를 지키는 자니이까

10. But the LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!

이르시되 네가 무엇을 하였느냐 네 아우의 핏소리가 땅에서부터 내게 호소하느니라

11.Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother's blood.


12. No longer will the ground yield good crops for you, no matter how hard you work! From now on you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."

13. Cain replied to the LORD, "My punishment is too great for me to bear!

14. You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!"

15. The LORD replied, "No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him.

16. So Cain left the LORD's presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

17. Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his son.

18. Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.

19. Lamech married two women. The first was named Adah, and the second was Zillah.

20. Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the first of those who raise livestock and live in tents.

21. His brother's name was Jubal, the first of all who play the harp and flute.

22. Lamech's other wife, Zillah, gave birth to a son named Tubal-cain. He became an expert in forging tools of bronze and iron. Tubal-cain had a sister named Naamah.

23. One day Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; listen to me, you wives of Lamech. I have killed a man who attacked me, a young man who wounded me.

24. If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times, then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!"

25. Adam had sexual relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth, for she said,"God has granted me another son in place of Abel, whom Cain killed."

26. When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the LORD by name.