Bible: 1 Pet. 3:15-17; 4:15-19

3:15 But set Christ 1  apart 2  as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. 3  3:16 Yet do it with courtesy and respect, 4  keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. 5  3:17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, 6  than for doing evil.

4:15 But the Lord said to him, “All right then, 1  if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” 2  Then the Lord put a special mark 3  on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down. 4  4:16 So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, 5  east of Eden.

The Beginning of Civilization

4:17 Cain had marital relations 6  with his wife, and she became pregnant 7  and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after 8  his son Enoch. 4:18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father 9  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.

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