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Book of Genesis, Chapter 4

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Chapter 4 of Genesis—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Now Adam had intercourse with Eve his wife and she became pregnant.1 In time she gave birth to Cain[a]2 and said: “I have produced[b] a man with the aid of Jehovah.”3
  2. Later she again gave birth, to his brother Abel.4
    ¶ And Abel came to be a herder of sheep,5 but Cain became a cultivator of the ground.6
  3. And it came about at the expiration of some time[c] that Cain proceeded to bring some fruits of the ground7 as an offering to Jehovah.8
  4. But as for Abel, he too brought some firstlings9 of his flock, even their fatty pieces.10 Now while Jehovah was looking with favor upon Abel and his offering,11
  5. he did not look with any favor upon Cain and upon his offering.12 And Cain grew hot with great anger,13 and his countenance began to fall.
  6. At this Jehovah said to Cain: “Why are you hot with anger and why has your countenance fallen?
  7. If you turn to doing good, will there not be an exaltation?14 But if you do not turn to doing good, there is sin crouching at the entrance, and for you is its craving;15 and will you, for your part, get the mastery over it?”16
  8. ¶ After that Cain said to Abel his brother: [“Let us go over into the field.”][d] So it came about that while they were in the field Cain proceeded to assault Abel his brother and kill him.17
  9. Later on Jehovah said to Cain: “Where is Abel your brother?”18 and he said: “I do not know. Am I my brother’s guardian?”19
  10. At this he said: “What have you done? Listen![e] Your brother’s blood[f] is crying out to me from the ground.20
  11. And now you are cursed in banishment from the ground,21 which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood at your hand.22
  12. When you cultivate the ground, it will not give you back its power.[g]23 A wanderer and a fugitive you will become in the earth.”24
  13. At this Cain said to Jehovah: “My punishment for error is too great to carry.
  14. Here you are actually driving me this day from off the surface of the ground, and from your face I shall be concealed;25 and I must become a wanderer26 and fugitive on the earth, and it is certain that anyone finding me will kill me.”27
  15. At this Jehovah said to him: “For that reason[h] anyone killing Cain must suffer vengeance seven times.”28
    ¶ And so Jehovah set up a sign for Cain in order that no one finding him should strike him.29
  16. With that Cain went away from the face of Jehovah30 and took up residence in the land of Fugitiveness[i] to the east of Eʹden.
  17. ¶ Afterward Cain had intercourse with his wife31 and she became pregnant and gave birth to Eʹnoch. Then he engaged in building a city and called the city’s name by the name of his son Eʹnoch.32
  18. Later there was born to Eʹnoch Iʹrad. And Iʹrad became father to Me·huʹja·el, and Me·huʹja·el became father to Me·thuʹsha·el, and Me·thuʹsha·el became father to Laʹmech.
  19. ¶ And Laʹmech proceeded to take two wives for himself. The name of the first was Aʹdah and the name of the second was Zilʹlah.
  20. In time Aʹdah gave birth to Jaʹbal. He proved to be the founder of those who dwell in tents33 and have livestock.34
  21. And the name of his brother was Juʹbal. He proved to be the founder[j] of all those who handle the harp35 and the pipe.[k]36
  22. As for Zilʹlah, she too gave birth to Tuʹbal-cain, the forger[l] of every sort of tool of copper and iron.37 And the sister of Tuʹbal-cain was Naʹa·mah.
  23. Consequently Laʹmech composed[m] these words for his wives Aʹdah and Zilʹlah:
    ¶ “Hear my voice, you wives of Laʹmech;
      Give ear to my saying:[n]
    ¶ A man[o] I have killed for wounding me,[p]
      Yes, a young man for giving me a blow.[q]
  24. ¶ If seven times Cain is to be avenged,38
      Then Laʹmech seventy times and seven.”
  25. ¶ And Adam proceeded to have intercourse again with his wife and so she gave birth to a son and called his name Seth,[r]39 because, as she said: “God has appointed another seed[s] in place of Abel, because Cain killed him.”40
  26. And to Seth also there was born a son and he proceeded to call his name Eʹnosh.41 At that time a start was made[t] of calling on the name of Jehovah.42

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Meaning “Something Produced.” Eve explains why she gave him this name.
  2. ^ “I have produced.” Heb., qa·ni·thiʹ (from qa·nahʹ, “to produce”).
  3. ^ Lit., “of days.”
  4. ^ SamLXXItSy insert these bracketed words; Vg, “Let us go outdoors”; M ­omits; some mss and editions have an interval here.
  5. ^ Lit., “The voice of.”
  6. ^ Lit., “bloods,” modified by “crying.”
  7. ^ Or, “produce.” Heb., ko·chahʹ.
  8. ^ “For that reason.” Heb., la·khenʹ; LXXSyVg take the original Heb. text to read loʼ khen and hence translate it, “Not so!”
  9. ^ Or, “Nod.”
  10. ^ Lit., “father.”
  11. ^ Or, “flute.” Possibly a combination of musical pipes.
  12. ^ Lit., “hammerer.”
  13. ^ “Consequently . . . composed.” Lit., “And . . . proceeded to say,” in the imperfect. (See App 3C.) The verb “compose” is appropriate in this instance because what he proceeded to produce was poetic.
  14. ^ Or, “my song (poem).” Heb., ʼim·ra·thiʹ. In the Scriptures this word is used in poetic compositions.
  15. ^ The Heb. particle ki preceding the word ʼish, “a man,” is merely introductory to the poem and hence does not need to be translated.
  16. ^ Lit., “for my wound.”
  17. ^ Lit., “for my blow.”
  18. ^ Meaning “Appointed; Put; Set,” in the sense of replacing or substituting.
  19. ^ Or, “offspring; posterity.”
  20. ^ Lit., “At that time it was started.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ge 1:28
  2. ^ Jd 11
  3. ^ Ge 3:16
  4. ^ Mt 23:35
  5. ^ Ge 46:34
  6. ^ Ge 3:23
  7. ^ Ne 10:35
  8. ^ Le 2:14
  9. ^ Ex 13:12
  10. ^ Le 3:9
  11. ^ Heb 11:4
  12. ^ Am 5:22
  13. ^ Pr 14:30; 15:18; 27:4
  14. ^ Lu 14:11; 1Pe 5:6
  15. ^ Pr 11:6; Jm 1:14
  16. ^ Ec 8:13; Eze 18:27
  17. ^ Mt 23:35; 1Jo 3:12; Jd 11
  18. ^ Ps 10:13; Pr 28:13
  19. ^ Ps 50:20; Pr 17:17
  20. ^ Ge 18:20; 2Ki 9:26; Is 26:21; Heb 12:24
  21. ^ Ezr 7:26
  22. ^ Ge 9:5
  23. ^ Ge 3:17; Le 26:20; De 28:18
  24. ^ De 28:65; Pr 28:17; Ho 9:17
  25. ^ Jb 34:29; Is 59:2; Mc 3:4
  26. ^ Ps 36:11
  27. ^ Ro 12:19
  28. ^ Ge 4:24; De 32:35; Heb 10:30
  29. ^ Eze 9:6
  30. ^ Ps 34:16
  31. ^ Ge 5:4
  32. ^ 2Sa 18:18; Ps 49:11
  33. ^ Ge 25:27; Heb 11:9
  34. ^ Ge 13:7; De 3:19
  35. ^ Ps 33:2; 1Co 14:7
  36. ^ Jb 21:12; Ps 150:4
  37. ^ De 27:5; 2Sa 12:31; Is 2:4
  38. ^ Ge 4:15; Le 19:18
  39. ^ Ge 5:3
  40. ^ Ge 4:8; Mt 23:35; Heb 11:4
  41. ^ Ge 5:6; Lu 3:38
  42. ^ Ex 20:7; 2Ki 19:16

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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