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[1]And it was in the hundred and thirtieth year of the life of Adam upon the earth, that he again knew Havah his wife, and she conceived and bare a son in his likeness and in his image, and she called his name Shet, saying, Because Elohim has appointed me another seed in the place of Havel, for Kayin has slain him.
[2]And Shet lived one hundred and five years, and he begat a son; and Shet called the name of his son Enosh, saying, Because in that time the sons of men began to multiply upon the face of the earth, and to afflict their souls and hearts by transgressing and rebelling against Elohim.
[3]And it was in the days of Enosh that the sons of men continued to rebel and transgress against Elohim, to increase the anger of YHWH against the sons of men.
[4]And the sons of men went and they served other gods, and they forgot YHWH who had created them in the earth: and in those days the sons of men made images of brass and iron, wood and stone, and they bowed down and served them.
[5]And every man made his god and they bowed down to them and the sons of men forsook YHWH all the days of Enosh and his children; and the anger of YHWH was kindled on account of their works and abominations which they did in the earth.
[6]And YHWH caused the waters of the river Gihon to overwhelm them, and he destroyed and consumed them, and he destroyed the third part of the earth, and notwithstanding this, the sons of men did not turn from their evil ways, and their hands were yet extended to do evil in the eyes of YHWH.
[7]And in those days there was neither sowing nor reaping in the earth; and there was no food for the sons of men and the famine was very great in those days.
[8]And the seed which they sowed in those days in the earth became thorns, thistles and briers; for from the days of Adam was this word concerning the earth, of the curse of Elohim, which he cursed the earth, on account of the sin which Adam sinned before YHWH.
[9]And it was when the sons of men continued to rebel and transgress against Elohim, and to corrupt their ways, that the earth also became corrupt.
[10]And Enosh lived ninety years and he begat Kayinan;
[11]And Kayinan grew up and he was forty years old, and he became wise and had knowledge and skill in all wisdom, and he reigned over all the sons of men, and he led the sons of men in wisdom and in knowledge; for Kayinan was a very wise man and had understanding in all wisdom, and by his wisdom he ruled over spirits and over shadim;
[12]And Kayinan knew by his wisdom that Elohim would destroy the sons of men for having sinned upon earth, and that YHWH would in the latter days bring upon them the waters of the flood.
[13]And in those days Kayinan wrote upon tablets of stone, what was to take place in time to come, and he put them in his treasures.
[14]And Kayinan reigned over all the earth, and he turned some of the sons of men to serve Elohim.
[15]And when Kayinan was seventy years old, he begat three sons and two daughters.
[16]And these are the names of the children of Kayinan; the name of the firstborn Mahalal'el, the second Enan, and the third Mered, and their sisters were Adah and Zillah; these are the five children of Kayinan that were born to him.
[17]And Lamech, the son of M'tushael, became related to Kayinan by marriage, and he took his two daughters for his wives, and Adah conceived and bare a son to Lamech, and she called his name Yaval.
[18]And she again conceived and bare a son, and called his name Yuval; and Zillah, her sister, was barren in those days and had no offspring.
[19]For in those days the sons of men began to trespass against Elohim, and to transgress the commandments which he had commanded to the man, to be fruitful and multiply in the earth.
[20]And some of the sons of men caused their wives to drink a draught that would render them barren, in order that they might retain their figures and whereby their beautiful appearance might not fade.
[21]And when the sons of men caused some of their wives to drink, Zillah drank with them.
[22]And the child-bearing women appeared abominable in the eyes of their husbands as widows, while their husbands lived, for to the barren ones only they were attached.
[23]And in the end of many days and years, when Zillah became old, YHWH opened her womb.
[24]And she conceived and bare a son and she called his name Tuval Kayin, saying, After I had withered away have I obtained him from El Shadai.
[25]And she conceived again and bare a daughter, and she called her name Naamah, for she said, After I had withered away have I obtained pleasure and delight.
[26]And Lamech was old and advanced in days, and his eyes were dim that he could not see, and Tuval Kayin, his son, was leading him and it was one day that Lamech went into the field and Tuval Kayin his son was with him, and while they were walking together in the field, Kayin the son of Adam advanced towards them; for Lamech was very old and could not see much, and Tuval Kayin his son was very young lad.
[27]And Tuval Kayin told his father to draw his bow, and Lamech drew his bow, and with the arrows he smote Kayin, who was yet far off, and he slew him, for he appeared to them to be an animal.
[28]And the arrows entered Kayin's body although he was distant from them, and he fell to the ground and died.
[29]And YHWH requited Kayin's evil according to his wickedness, which he had done to his brother Havel, according to the word of YHWH which he had spoken.
[30]And it came to pass when Kayin had died, that Lamech and Tuval Kayin his son went to see the animal which they had slain, and they saw, and behold Kayin their elder was fallen dead upon the earth.
[31]And Lamech was very much grieved at having done this thing, and in clapping his hands together he struck his son with his hands and caused his death.
[32]And the wives of Lamech heard the thing which Lamech had done, and they sought to kill him.
[33]And the wives of Lamech hated him from that day, because he slew Kayin and Tuval Kayin, and the wives of Lamech separated from him, and would not hearken to him in those days.
[34]And Lamech came to his wives, and he pressed them to listen to him about this matter.
[35]And he said to his wives Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice O wives of Lamech, attend to my words, for now you have imagined and said that I slew a man with my wounds, and a child with my stripes for their having done no violence, but surely know that I am old and grey-headed, and that my eyes are heavy through age, and I did this thing unknowingly.
[36]And the wives of Lamech listened to him in this matter, and they returned to him with the advice of their father Adam, but they bore no children to him from that time, knowing that anger, even [the anger of] YHWH goes forth and is great in those days against the sons of men, to destroy them with the waters of the flood for their evil doings.
[37]And Mahalal'el the son of Kayinan lived sixty-five years and he begat Yared; and Yared lived sixty-two years and he begat Chanoch.
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