Genesis 4-7; Psalms 2 - Prayer Tents

Cain and Abel

4Now 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!"H120H3045H853H2332H802H2029H3205H853H7014H559H7069H376H854H3068 2Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel. When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground.H3254H3205H251H1893H1893H7462H6629H7014H5647H127 3When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the LORD.H7093H3117H7014H935H6529H127H4503H3068 4Abel also brought a gift—the best of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The LORD accepted Abel and his gift,H1893H1931H935H1062H6629H2459H3068H8159H1893H4503 5but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.H7014H4503H8159H7014H3966H2734H6440H5307 6"Why are you so angry?" the LORD asked Cain. "Why do you look so dejected?H3068H559H7014H2734H6440H5307 7You 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."H518H3190H7613H3190H2403H7257H6607H8669H4910 8One 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.H7014H559H413H1893H251H7704H7014H6965H413H1893H251H2026 9Afterward the LORD asked Cain, "Where is your brother? Where is Abel?" "I don't know," Cain responded. "Am I my brother's guardian?"H3068H559H7014H335H1893H251H559H3045H251H8104 10But the LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!H559H4100H6213H6963H251H1818H6817H127 11Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother's blood.H779H127H6475H6310H3947H251H1818H3027 12No 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."H3588H5647H127H3254H5414H3581H5128H5110H776 13Cain replied to the LORD, "My punishment is too great for me to bear!H7014H559H3068H5771H1419H5375 14You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!"H1644H3117H6440H127H5921H6440H5641H5128H5110H776H1961H4672H2026 15The 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.H3068H559H3651H2026H7014H5358H7659H3068H7760H226H7014H1115H4672H5221 16So Cain left the LORD's presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.H7014H3318H6440H3068H3427H776H5113H6926H5731

The Descendants of Cain

17Cain 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.H7014H3045H802H2029H3205H2585H1129H5892H7121H8034H5892H8034H1121H2585 18Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.H2585H3205H5897H5897H3205H4232H4232H3205H4967H4967H3205H3929 19Lamech married two women. The first was named Adah, and the second was Zillah.H3929H3947H8147H802H8034H259H5711H8034H8145H6741 20Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the first of those who raise livestock and live in tents.H5711H3205H2989H1H3427H168H4735 21His brother's name was Jubal, the first of all who play the harp and flute.H251H8034H3106H1H8610H3658H5748 22Lamech'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.H6741H3205H8423H3913H2794H5178H1270H269H8423H5279 23One 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.H3929H559H802H5711H6741H8085H6963H802H3929H238H565H2026H376H6482H3206H2250 24If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times, then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!"H3588H7014H5358H7659H3929H7657H7651

The Birth of Seth

25Adam 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."H120H3045H802H5750H3205H1121H7121H8034H8352H430H7896H312H2233H8478H1893H3588H7014H2026 26When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the LORD by name.H8352H1931H3205H1121H7121H8034H583H2490H7121H8034H3068

The Descendants of Adam

5This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them to be like himself.H2088H5612H8435H121H3117H430H1254H120H1823H430H6213 2He created them male and female, and he blessed them and called them "human."H2145H5347H1254H1288H7121H8034H120H3117H1254 3When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who was just like him—in his very image. He named his son Seth.H121H2421H3967H7970H8141H3205H1823H6754H7121H8034H8352 4After the birth of Seth, Adam lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H3117H121H310H3205H8352H8083H3967H8141H3205H1121H1323 5Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.H3117H121H2425H8672H3967H8141H7970H8141H4191 6When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.H8352H2421H3967H8141H2568H8141H3205H583 7After the birth of Enosh, Seth lived another 807 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H8352H2421H310H3205H583H8083H3967H8141H7651H8141H3205H1121H1323 8Seth lived 912 years, and then he died.H3117H8352H8672H3967H8141H6240H8147H8141H4191 9When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.H583H2421H8673H8141H3205H7018 10After the birth of Kenan, Enosh lived another 815 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H583H2421H310H3205H7018H8083H3967H8141H6240H2568H8141H3205H1121H1323 11Enosh lived 905 years, and then he died.H3117H583H8672H3967H8141H2568H8141H4191 12When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.H7018H2421H7657H8141H3205H4111 13After the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan lived another 840 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H7018H2421H310H3205H4111H8083H3967H8141H705H8141H3205H1121H1323 14Kenan lived 910 years, and then he died.H3117H7018H8672H3967H8141H6235H8141H4191 15When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.H4111H2421H8346H8141H2568H8141H3205H3382 16After the birth of Jared, Mahalalel lived another 830 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H4111H2421H310H3205H3382H8083H3967H8141H7970H8141H3205H1121H1323 17Mahalalel lived 895 years, and then he died.H3117H4111H8083H3967H8141H8673H2568H8141H4191 18When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.H3382H2421H3967H8346H8141H8147H8141H3205H2585 19After the birth of Enoch, Jared lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H3382H2421H310H3205H2585H8083H3967H8141H3205H1121H1323 20Jared lived 962 years, and then he died.H3117H3382H8672H3967H8141H8346H8147H8141H4191 21When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.H2585H2421H8346H2568H8141H3205H4968 22After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H2585H1980H854H430H310H3205H853H4968H7969H3967H8141H3205H1121H1323 23Enoch lived 365 years,H3117H2585H7969H3967H8141H8346H2568H8141 24walking in close fellowship with God. Then one day he disappeared, because God took him.H2585H1980H430H430H3947 25When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.H4968H2421H3967H8141H8084H7651H8141H3205H3929 26After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H4968H2421H310H3205H3929H7651H3967H8141H8084H8147H8141H3205H1121H1323 27Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.H3117H4968H8672H3967H8141H8346H8672H8141H4191 28When Lamech was 182 years old, he became the father of a son.H3929H2421H3967H8141H8084H8147H8141H3205H1121 29Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, "May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the LORD has cursed."H7121H8034H5146H559H5162H4639H6093H3027H4480H127H3068H779 30After the birth of Noah, Lamech lived another 595 years, and he had other sons and daughters.H3929H2421H310H3205H5146H2568H3967H8141H8673H2568H8141H3205H1121H1323 31Lamech lived 777 years, and then he died.H3117H3929H7651H3967H8141H7657H7651H8141H4191 32By the time Noah was 500 years old, he was the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.H5146H2568H3967H8141H1121H5146H3205H8035H2526H3315

A World Gone Wrong

6Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.H120H2490H7231H5921H6440H127H1323H3205 2The sons of God saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives.H1121H430H7200H1323H120H2007H2896H3947H802H977 3Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years."H3068H559H7307H5769H1777H120H1571H1320H7683H3117H3967H6242H8141 4In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.H5303H776H3117H310H3651H834H1121H430H935H1323H120H3205H1992H1368H5769H582H8034 5The LORD observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.H3068H7200H7451H120H7227H776H3336H4284H3820H7535H7451H3117 6So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart.H5162H3068H6213H120H776H6087H413H3820 7And the LORD said, "I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them."H3068H559H4229H120H1254H6440H127H120H5704H929H7431H5775H8064H5162H6213 8But Noah found favor with the LORD.H5146H4672H2580H5869H3068

The Story of Noah

9This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.H8435H5146H5146H6662H376H8549H1755H5146H1980H430 10Noah was the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.H5146H3205H7969H1121H8035H2526H3315 11Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence.H776H7843H6440H430H776H4390H2555 12God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.H430H7200H776H7843H1320H7843H1870H776 13So God said to Noah, "I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!H430H559H5146H7093H1320H935H6440H776H4390H2555H6440H7843H854H776 14"Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior.H6213H8392H1613H6086H7064H6213H854H8392H3722H1004H2351H3724 15Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.H6213H753H8392H7969H3967H520H7341H2572H520H6967H7970H520 16Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.H6672H6213H8392H520H3615H4605H6607H8392H7760H6654H8482H8145H7992H6213 17"Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.H2009H589H935H3999H4325H776H7843H1320H7307H2416H8478H8064H3605H776H1478 18But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.H6965H1285H935H413H8392H859H1121H802H1121H802 19Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood.H2416H1320H8147H935H8392H2421H2145H5347 20Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive.H5775H4327H929H4327H7431H127H4327H8147H935H2421 21And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals."H3947H3978H398H622H402 22So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.H6213H5146H430H6680H6213