Genesis 4:1-26
The Story of Cain and Abel
4:1 Now the man had marital relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, “I have created a man just as the Lord did!”
4:2 Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.
4:3 At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the Lord.
4:4 But Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock – even the fattest of them. And the Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
4:5 but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast.
4:6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast?
4:7 Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”
4:8 Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
4:9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” And he replied, “I don’t know! Am I my brother’s guardian?”
4:10 But the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!
4:11 So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
4:12 When you try to cultivate the
ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”
4:13 Then Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is too great to endure!
4:14 Look! You are driving me off the land today, and I must hide from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.”
4:15 But the Lord said to him, “All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” Then the Lord put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.
4:16 So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
The Beginning of Civilization
4:17 Cain had marital relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch.
4:18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
4:19 Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.
4:20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.
4:21 The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute.
4:22 Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.
4:23 Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah! Listen to me!
You wives of Lamech, hear my words!
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for hurting me.
4:24 If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much,
then Lamech seventy-seven times!”
4:25 And Adam had marital relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, “God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him.”
4:26 And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord.
Genesis 5:31
5:31 The entire lifetime of Lamech was 777 years, and then he died.
Genesis 6:13-15
6:13 So God said
to Noah, “I have decided that all living creatures must die,
for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy
them and the earth.
6:14 Make
for yourself an ark of cypress
wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover
it with pitch inside and out.
6:15 This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
Genesis 8:10-11
8:10 He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark.
8:11 When
the dove returned to him in the evening, there was
a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
Genesis 14:14-15
14:14 When Abram heard that his nephew
had been taken captive, he mobilized
his 318 trained men who had been born in his household, and he pursued the invaders
as far as Dan.
14:15 Then, during the night,
Abram
divided his forces
against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north
of Damascus.
Genesis 23:14-17
23:14 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
23:15 “Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”
23:16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth – 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.
23:17 So Abraham secured Ephron’s field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border,
Genesis 23:1
The Death of Sarah
23:1 Sarah lived 127 years.
Genesis 23:1
The Death of Sarah
23:1 Sarah lived 127 years.
Genesis 23:1
The Death of Sarah
23:1 Sarah lived 127 years.
Isaiah 9:15
9:15 The leaders and the highly respected people are the head,
the prophets who teach lies are the tail.
Lamentations 2:14
נ (Nun)
2:14 Your prophets saw visions for you
that were worthless lies.
They failed to expose your sin
so as to restore your fortunes.
They saw oracles for you
that were worthless lies.
Ezekiel 13:4-16
13:4 Your prophets have become like jackals among the ruins, O Israel.
13:5 You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the
Lord.
13:6 They see delusion and their omens are a lie.
They say, “the
Lord declares,” though the
Lord has not sent them;
yet they expect their word to be confirmed.
13:7 Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “the
Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?
13:8 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, I am against you, declares the sovereign Lord.
13:9 My hand will be against the prophets who see delusion and announce lying omens. They will not be included in the council of my people, nor be written in the registry of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.
13:10 “‘This is because they have led my people astray saying, “All is well,” when things are not well. When anyone builds a wall without mortar, they coat it with whitewash.
13:11 Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones will fall and a violent wind will break out.
13:12 When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you, “Where is the whitewash you coated it with?”
13:13 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury.
13:14 I will break down the wall you coated with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. When it falls you will be destroyed beneath it, and you will know that I am the Lord.
13:15 I will vent my rage against the wall, and against those who coated it with whitewash. Then I will say to you, “The wall is no more and those who whitewashed it are no more –
13:16 those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,” declares the sovereign Lord.’
Ezekiel 13:22-23
13:22 This is because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (although I have not grieved him), and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil conduct and preserve his life.
13:23 Therefore you will no longer see false visions and practice divination. I will rescue my people from your power, and you
will know that I am the
Lord.’”
Ezekiel 22:28
22:28 Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash.
They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying, ‘This is what the sovereign
Lord says,’ when the
Lord has not spoken.
Micah 2:11
2:11 If a lying windbag should come and say,
‘I’ll promise you blessings of wine and beer,’
he would be just the right preacher for these people!
Zechariah 13:3
13:3 Then, if anyone prophesies in spite of this, his father and mother to whom he was born will say to him, ‘You cannot live, for you lie in the name of the
Lord.’ Then his father and mother to whom he was born will run him through with a sword when he prophesies.
Zechariah 13:2
13:2 And also on that day,” says the
Lord who rules over all, “I will remove
the names of the idols from the land and they will never again be remembered. Moreover, I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
Zechariah 2:1-3
Vision Three: The Surveyor
2:1 (2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2:2 I asked, “Where are you going?” He replied, “To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length.”
2:3 At this point the angelic messenger who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him