...from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from your face, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive upon the earth: everyone therefore that finds me shall kill me. And the Lord said to him, By no means shall it be so: but everyone who kills Cain shall be punished sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whoever found him should not kill him. And Cain, having gone out from the face of the Lord, dwelt a fugitive in the land at the eastern region of Eden. And Cain knew his wife, who conceived and bore Henoch; and he built a city, and called its name from the name of his son Henoch. And Henoch begot Irad, and Irad begot Mauiael, and Mauiael begot Mathusael, and Mathusael begot Lamech, who took two wives, the name of the one Ada, and the name of the other Sella. And Ada bore Iabel, who was the father of those dwelling in tents, and of shepherds. And the name of his brother was Iubal: he was the father of those who play on the harp and organ. Sella also bore Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and smith in every work of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Noema. And Lamech said to his wives Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, you wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: For I have slain a man to my own wounding, and a young man to my own bruising; sevenfold vengeance shall be given for Cain, but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold. Adam also knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos: he began to call upon the name of the Lord.¹

a facie terrae, & a facie tua abscondar, & ero vagus, & profugus in terra: omnis igitur qui invenerit me, occidet me. Dixitque ei Dominus, Nequaquam ita fiet: sed omnis, qui occiderit Cain, septuplum punietur. Posuitque Dominus in Cain signum: ut non interficeret eum omnis, qui invenisset eum. Egressusque Cain a facie Domini habitavit profugus in terra ad orientalem plagam Eden. Cognovit autem Cain uxorem suam: quae concepit, & peperit Henoch, & aedificavit civitatem. Vocavitque nomen eius ex nomine filii sui Henoch. Porro genuit Irad, & Irad genuit Mauiael, & Mauiael genuit Mathusael, & Mathusael genuit Lamech. Qui accepit duas uxores, nomen uni Ada, & nomen alteri Sella. Genuitque Ada Iabel qui fuit pater habitantium in tentoriis, atque pastorum. Et nomen fratris eius Iubal ipse fuit pater canentium cithara & organo. Sella quoque genuit Tubalcain, qui fuit malleator & faber in cuncta opera aeris & ferri. Soror quoque Tubal-cain Noema. Dixitque Lamech uxoribus suis Ada & Sella, Audite vocem meam uxores Lamech, auscultate sermonem meum: Quoniam occidi virum in vulnus meum, & adolescentulum in livorem meum; Septuplum ultio dabitur de Cain: de Lamech vero septuagies septies. Cognovit quoque adhuc Adam uxorem suam, & peperit filium, vocavitque nomen eius Seth, dicens; Posuit mihi Deus semen aliud pro Abel, quem occidit Cain. Sed & Seth natus est filius, quem vocavit Enos: iste coepit invocare nomen Domini.