Genesis Chapter 4

Adam and Eve had two children Cain and Able.     Able kept flocks and Cain worked the land.  After a while Cain had brought some of his fruits of the land as an offering to the Lord. Able brought some of the fat portions of his firstborn of his flock.


God looked with favor on  Able and his offering. But did not look with favor on Cain. This made Cain very angry and you could see it on his face. God ask Cain, why are you angry?  If you do what is right you will be excepted.  If you don't do what is right sin will be at your door.

 Cain said to Able let's go to the field. And while they were in the field Cain attacked and killed Able.

Then God ask Cain where Able was and Cain replied I am not my brothers keeper. Then God said what have you done?  Your brothers blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Now God cursed Cain telling him to leave this land and he wouldn't be able to grow anything for food and he would be a wanderer of the earth.

Now Cain was scared and said to God you are driving me out of this land and to be a wanderer and who ever finds me will kill me. And the Lord said not so; If anyone kills Cain they will suffer vengeance seven times over.

God put a mark on Cain so that who ever found him would not kill him. Cain lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Cain was building a city when him and his wife had their first child and named him Enoch. So Cain named the city after his first child Enoch.


Now Adam and Eve had another son and named him Seth saying God had replaced Able since Cain killed him. Seth also had a son and named him Enosh.  And at that time men began to call on the name of the Lord.