Bible: 1 John 2:5; 3:1,16,17; 4:7,8,9,10,12,16,17,18; 5:3
The Temptation and the Fall
3:1 Now 1 the serpent 2 was more shrewd 3
than any of the wild animals 4 that the
3:16 To the woman he said,
“I will greatly increase 8 your labor pains; 9
with pain you will give birth to children.
You will want to control your husband, 10
but he will dominate 11 you.”
3:17 But to Adam 12 he said,
“Because you obeyed 13 your wife
and ate from the tree about which I commanded you,
‘You must not eat from it,’
cursed is the ground 14 thanks to you; 15
in painful toil you will eat 16 of it all the days of your life.
4:8 Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” 5 While they were in the field, Cain attacked 6 his brother 7 Abel and killed him.
4:9 Then the
ground it will no longer yield 13 its best 14 for you. You will be a homeless wanderer 15 on the earth.” 4:16 So Cain went out from the presence of the
The Beginning of Civilization
4:17 Cain had marital relations 17 with his wife, and she became pregnant 18 and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after 19 his son Enoch. 4:18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father 20 of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
5:3 When 1 Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.