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- 0:00SPEAKER_00: Genesis four.
- 0:03SPEAKER_00: The first family.
- 0:05SPEAKER_00: Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve.
- 0:10SPEAKER_00: She became pregnant and gave birth to a son.
- 0:14SPEAKER_00: She named him Cain.
- 0:16SPEAKER_00: Eve said, With the Lord's help, I have made a man.
- 0:21SPEAKER_00: Eve gave birth again to Cain's brother Abel.
- 0:26SPEAKER_00: Abel became a shepherd, and Cain became a farmer.
- 0:32SPEAKER_00: The first murder At harvest time Cain brought a gift to the Lord.
- 0:40SPEAKER_00: He brought some of the food that he grew from the ground, but Abel had brought some animals from his flock.
- 0:49SPEAKER_00: He chose some of his best sheep and brought the best parts from them.
- 0:55SPEAKER_00: The Lord accepted Abel and his gift, but he did not accept Cain and his offering.
- 1:04SPEAKER_00: Cain was sad because of this, and he became very angry.
- 1:10SPEAKER_00: The Lord asked Cain, Why are you angry?
- 1:13SPEAKER_00: Why does your face look sad?
- 1:16SPEAKER_00: You know that if you do what is right, I will accept you, but if you don't, sin is ready to attack you.
- 1:25SPEAKER_00: That sin will want to control you, but you must control it.
- 1:33SPEAKER_00: Cain said to his brother Abel, let's go out to the field.
- 1:38SPEAKER_00: So they went to the field.
- 1:40SPEAKER_00: Then Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
- 1:45SPEAKER_00: Later the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel?
- 1:51SPEAKER_00: Cain answered, I don't know.
- 1:54SPEAKER_00: Is it my job to watch over my brother?
- 1:58SPEAKER_00: Then the Lord said, What have you done?
- 2:01SPEAKER_00: You killed your brother.
- 2:04SPEAKER_00: The ground opened up to take his blood from your hands.
- 2:09SPEAKER_00: Now his blood is shouting to me from the ground, so you will be cursed from this ground.
- 2:18SPEAKER_00: Now when you work the soil, the ground will not help your plants grow.
- 2:24SPEAKER_00: You will not have a home in this land.
- 2:28SPEAKER_00: You will wander from place to place.
- 2:32SPEAKER_00: Then Cain said to the Lord, This punishment is more than I can bear.
- 2:38SPEAKER_00: You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home.
- 2:46SPEAKER_00: Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me.
- 2:53SPEAKER_00: The Lord said to Cain, Now, if anyone kills you, I will punish that person much, much more.
- 3:03SPEAKER_00: Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to show that no one should kill him.
- 3:11SPEAKER_00: Cain's family Cain went away from the Lord and lived in the land of Nod.
- 3:19SPEAKER_00: Cain had sexual relations with his wife, she became pregnant and gave birth to a son named Enoch.
- 3:29SPEAKER_00: Cain built a city and gave the same name as his son Enoch.
- 3:36SPEAKER_00: Enoch had a son named Erod.
- 3:40SPEAKER_00: Erod had a son named Mahuel.
- 3:44SPEAKER_00: Mahuel had a son named Methusel.
- 3:50SPEAKER_00: Methushel had a son named Lamak.
- 3:55SPEAKER_00: Lamak married two women.
- 3:58SPEAKER_00: One was named Ara, the other was named Zilla.
- 4:05SPEAKER_00: Ada gave birth to Jabal.
- 4:08SPEAKER_00: Jabal was the father of people who lived in tents and earned their living by keeping cattle.
- 4:16SPEAKER_00: Jabal was Jubal's brother.
- 4:20SPEAKER_00: Jubal was the father of the people who play harp and flute.
- 4:26SPEAKER_00: Zila gave birth to Tubal Cain.
- 4:30SPEAKER_00: Tubalcane was the father of people who work with bronze and iron.
- 4:37SPEAKER_00: The sister of Tubulkane was named Nama.
- 4:43SPEAKER_00: Lamech said to his wives, Ada, Zillah, hear my voice.
- 4:51SPEAKER_00: You wives of Lamech, listen to me.
- 4:54SPEAKER_00: A man hurt me, so I killed him.
- 4:58SPEAKER_00: I killed a child for hitting me.
- 5:02SPEAKER_00: The punishment for killing Cain was very bad, but the punishment for killing me will be many times worse.
- 5:14SPEAKER_00: Adam and Eve have a new son.
- 5:17SPEAKER_00: Adam again had sexual relations with his wife and she gave birth to another son.
- 5:26SPEAKER_00: She named him Seth.
- 5:29SPEAKER_00: Eve said, God has given me another son.
- 5:33SPEAKER_00: Cain killed Abel, but now I have Seth.
- 5:37SPEAKER_00: Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.
- 5:43SPEAKER_00: At that time people began to pray to the Lord.