Ar%f///IOIIÍWV, 111 SI/Ar 20 I1aiIlslyrtll. GENESI S 1 V. I departeth from Gods pref ere. 17. Rain buildetb thechie Enoeb,arod kath children to the fez entbgeneration : among fi whom, 19. Lameeb takebtwo mites; 20. label is a obiefe [he phrard. zr. lubalamrrfieian. 22 rubal -bain a fsnith. 25. Adam begettetb Seth, who is in Abets Pad: 26. and Seth, Enos. ANd Adam,knew Eve his wife :and the conceived, and bare Cain ; and laid, I 2 have gotten aman,ofJehovah.And the againe bare,his brother Abel: and Abel was a feeder offheepe, and Kain was a tiller of' 3 the ground.And it wás,at the end ofdayes ; that Kain brought of the fruit of the ground, 4 an offring unto Jehovah. AndAbel, healfo brought of-the firfflings of his llocke,and of the fat ofthem:and Jehovah had refpect unto Abet and unto his offring.But unto Kahn and unto hisoffring,he had not refped: and Kain was vehementlygrieved,& his countenance 6 fell. And Jehovah faid unto Kahn: why art thou grieved , and why is thy countenance 7 fallen Ifthou doe welt, le there flot forgive_ netfe e and if thou doit not well,finne lyeth at the doote:and unto thee fhallde his delire; 8 and thou (halt rule over him.And Kain fpake unto Abel his brother: and it was when they were in the field, that Kain rote -up against 9 Abel his brother, and killedhim.And Jeho- Io II I2 13 14 15 16 17 vah faith unto Kain: Whereis Abel thy bro- thereand he laid, I know not : am I my bro- thers keeper e And he laid, what haft thou done e the vcyce ofthy brothers bloods cry unto me from the earth. And now, Curled art thou : from the earth,which bath opened her mouth, ro receive thy brothers bloods, from thy hand. When thou tillelt the ground, it (hall not henceforth yeeld her ftrength unto thee: a fugitive and a -vaga_ bond (halt thou be in the earth. And Rain faid unto Jehovah : my iniquity is greater then may be forgiven. Behold, thou haft driven me out this day, from the face of the earth ; and from thy face,fhali I be hid : and I (hall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it (hall be,that whofoever finderh me, will kill me. And Jehovah faid unto him ; Therefore, whofoever killeth Kain; vengeance fhall be taken on him fevenfold and Jehovah fetafigne upon Kain ; left any finding him , lhould flay him. And Kain went out from the prefence of Jehovah : and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the earl of E- den. And Kahn knew hiswife ; and fhe con - ccived,and bare Enoch : and hewas building a citie, and he called the name of the citie, Abel killed. as the name of his fonne Enoch. And unto Enoch,was borne Irad ; and Irad begat Me- hujael: and Mehujael,begate Methufael;and Mechufael, begateLamech. And Lamech Cooke unto him,two wives: the name of the One, was Adah; and the name of the fecond, Zillah. And Adabbare 'Jabel : hewas the father ofthem that dwell in Tents, and tkat have Cattell: And his brothers name was Jubal : he was the father of all that handle the harp and organ.And Zillah the alto bare Tubal - kain;an in(IruCter of every artificer in braffe and yron: and the fi(terof Tubal- kain, was Naamah. And Lamech fayd un- to his wives ; Adah and Zillah, heare ye my voice ; ye wives of Lamech, hearken tomy fpeech: for I have killed a man, to my wounding, and ayoung man to my hurt. If Kain (hall be avengedfevenfold : then La- mech, feventie and fevenfold. And Adam knew hiswife againe, and the bare a fon : and the called his name Seth : for God bath let unto mee, another feed in ftead of Abel ; becaufe Kain killed him. And to Sethallo himfelfe,there was borne a fon; and he called his name, Enos : thenbegan men prophanely , to call on the name of Je- hovah. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 vl nnotafions. KNew : ] by lying with her; as this phrafe is explayned in Ntím.31 ay. A model} manner of fpeech, ufed againe in verfe 57. and 25. and throughout the Scriptures, Mat. r.z5.Lnk.1.34. Rain : ] by interpretation, Gotten, or,a Pef- f<ffian; the realen followeth,I havegotten (Karritbi) a man of Iehovab: or, withlehovab, that is, with his favour, and of his good will. The Greeke tranflateth it, by God. Thus (hewed (he her thank - fulneffe to the Lord,whofe heritage children are, Pfa.t 27.3.and her hope of good in that fieft born fonne: howbeit her expo &arion fayled her ; for Rain was of the wicked one Satan;! Ioh.3. r z. The Hebrew Do&orsalto fay, Rain was borne 'the filth and feed that the ferpem had conveyed into Eve : R. Menachem on Gen.4. herein Rain was a figure of all reprobates,the children f theDivell: Ioh.8. 44. r Ioh.3.1o. Verfz. againe bare : ] in Hebrew , fe added, to beare,From this phrafe of her adding to beare, with- out mention of any other conception,fome of the Iew Do &ors gather, that Kain and Abel were twins: Pirkei R. Eliezer, ehap.zr. Abel:]fo the Greeke,and the Evangelifis write him, Math. 23.35. The Hebrew name is Hebel, whichfigni- fiethVanitie, or a lone- vanfing vapour: fuch is- every mans life Iam.4.14. and fo was Abels in (pedal), being foonekilled by his brother. And David 2
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