{
  "1": "Then Adam had {marital} relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to {a son they named} Cain, {which means “obtained.”} {They named him that} because she said, “Yahweh has enabled me to obtain a son!” ",
  "2": "Then Eve also gave birth to Cain’s brother {whom they named} Abel. {When they grew up,} Abel became a shepherd, and Cain became a {crop} farmer.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "3": "As time went by, one day Cain gave some of the crops {that he had grown} in his fields to Yahweh as a gift {to honor him}. ",
  "4": "Abel also gave {a gift} {to Yahweh}, {but what he gave was} some of the firstborn animals from his flock{s}, including some of their best parts. Yahweh was pleased with Abel and his gift. ",
  "5": "However, he was not pleased with Cain or his gift. So Cain became extremely angry, and he frowned.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "6": "Then Yahweh asked him, “Why are you so angry? And why are you frowning? ",
  "7": "If you do {what is} right, I will accept {you} {and your offering}. But if you do not do {what is} right, then sin {is like a fierce animal that} is waiting outside your door {to attack you}.  It wants {to control} you, but you must control it {so that you do not sin}.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "8": "But {after that,} Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field {to work} {together}.” So {they went out} to the field, and while they were there, Cain attacked his brother and murdered him.\n\n\\p",
  "9": "Later Yahweh asked Cain, “Where {is} your brother Abel?” Cain responded, “I don’t know {where he is}. Is it my job to take care of my brother?”\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "10": "Then Yahweh said {to him}, “You have done a terrible thing! I see your brother’s blood on the ground, and I must punish you {for killing him}! ",
  "11": "So from now on I am cursing you {so that you will not be able to grow food} from the ground, which is where your brother’s blood spilled out when you murdered him. ",
  "12": "Whenever you {try to} farm the ground, it will no longer produce good crops for you. {From now on,} you will be an outcast who wanders around on the earth {without a permanent home}.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "13": "Cain replied to Yahweh, “You are punishing me more {severely} than I can endure. ",
  "14": "Look, you have now banished me from {farming} the ground, and I will be far away from you. I will be a homeless fugitive on the earth, so that whoever sees me will kill me!” ",
  "15": "Yahweh replied to him, “So then, {I will warn everyone that} I will take vengeance on whoever kills you {and punish him} seven times more {severely} {than I am punishing you}!” Then he put a mark on Cain to warn everyone who met him not to kill him.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "16": "Then Cain left Yahweh’s presence and lived in the region of Nod, {which means “wandering,”} {which was} east of {the region of} Eden.\n\n\\s1 Cain’s Descendants\n\\sr 4:17-24\n\\p",
  "17": "Then Cain had {marital} relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to {a son they named} Enoch. {At that time} Cain was building a city, so he named the city after his son Enoch.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "18": "When Enoch {grew up,} he had {a son named} Irad. Then Irad had {a son named} Mehujael. Then Mehujael had {a son named} Methushael. Then Methushael had {a son named} Lamech.\n\n\\p",
  "19": "When Lamech {grew up,} he married two wives. His first wife’s name was Adah, and his other wife’s name was Zillah.  \n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "20": "Adah gave birth to {a son named} Jabal. He {grew up and} became the first of {all} those who live {in} tents and raise livestock {for a living}. ",
  "21": "His brother’s name was Jubal. He became the first of all {those} who play harps and flutes.\n\n\\p",
  "22": "{Lamech’s other wife} Zillah also gave birth to {a son named} Tubal Cain. He {was the first of all those who} make all {kinds} of tools {and other things} out of bronze and iron. Tubal Cain had a sister {whose name was} Naamah.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "23": "{One day,} Lamech bragged to his {two} wives, \n\\q1\n“Adah and Zillah, listen to what I have to say.\n\\q2\nMy wives, listen to this:\n\\q1\nI killed a young man for wounding me!\n\\q2\nIn fact, {I killed} that man {just} because he bruised me.\n\\q1 ",
  "24": "God will avenge Cain seven times,\n\\q2\nbut {I,} Lamech {avenge myself} 77 times!”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\s1 People Start to Worship God Using His Name Yahweh\n\\sr 4:25-26\n\\p",
  "25": "Then Adam had {marital} relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son, and she named him Seth, {which means “given.”} {She named him that} because {when he was born,} {she had said}, “God has given me another child to replace Abel, whom Cain killed.” ",
  "26": "Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.\n\\p\nDuring that time people began to worship {God} by using His name Yahweh.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "front": "\\s1 Cain Kills Abel — the First Murder\n\\sr 4:1-16\n\\p"
}