Genesis 4:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Adam and Eve had a son. Then Eve said, “I'll name him Cain because I got him with the help of the LORD.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

You and this woman will hate each other; your descendants and hers will always be enemies. One of hers will strike you on the head, and you will strike him on the heel.”

Genesis 3:24

Then God put winged creatures at the entrance to the garden and a flaming, flashing sword to guard the way to the life-giving tree.

Genesis 4:2

Later she had another son and named him Abel. Abel became a sheep farmer, but Cain farmed the land.

Genesis 4:25

Adam and his wife had another son. They named him Seth, because they said, “God has given us a son to take the place of Abel, who was killed by his brother Cain.”

Genesis 5:29

Lamech said, “I'll name him Noah because he will give us comfort, as we struggle hard to make a living on this land that the LORD has put under a curse.”

Psalm 127:3

Children are a blessing and a gift from the LORD.

Numbers 31:17

You must put to death every boy and all the women who have ever had sex.

1 John 3:12

Don't be like Cain, who belonged to the devil and murdered his own brother. Why did he murder him? He did it because his brother was good, and he was evil.