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The i. boke of Mo& The iiij. Chap. thou haſt herkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe, and ha&#383;t eaten of the tre, wherof I commaunded the, ſayenge: thou ſhalt not eate of it. Cur&#383;ed be ye earth for thy &#383;ake. With &#383;orowe &#383;halt thou eate therof, all the dayes of thy life. Thornes and thi&#383;tles &#383;halt it beare vnto the, and thou ſhalt eate the herbes of the felde. In the ſweate of thy face ſhalt thou eate thy bred, tyll thou be turned agayne vnto earth, whe&#772;ce thou art takē: for earth thou art, and vnto earth ſhalt thou be turned agayne. undefined And Adam called his wyfe Heua, becau&#383;e &#383;he is the mother of all lyuynge. And the LORDE God made Adam ⁊ his wyfe garmentes of &#383;kynnes, ⁊ the&#383;e he put on them. And the LORDE God &#383;ayde: lo Adam is become as it were one of vs, ⁊ knoweth good ⁊ euell. But now le&#383;t he &#383;tretch his hande, and take alſo of the tre of life, and eate, and lyue for euer. Then the LORDE God put him out of the garden of Eden, to tyll ye earth, whēce he was takē. And he caſt Adam out. And before the garden of Eden he &#383;et Cherubes, and a naked fyrie &#383;werde, to kepe ye waye vnto the tre of life. undefined undefined Orouer Adam laye with Heua his wyfe, which co&#772;ceaued ⁊ bare Cain, and &#383;ayde, I haue opteyned ye man of the LORDE. And ſhe proceaded forth, ⁊ bare his brother Abell. And Abell became a ſhepherde, but Cain became an hu&szlig;bandeman.

And it fortuned after certaine daies, that Cain brought of the frute of the earth, an offrynge vnto ye LORDE. And Abell brought alſo of the fir&#383;tlinges of his &#383;hepe, and of ye fat of them. And the LORDE had reſpecte vnto Abell and to his offrynge: but vnto Cain and his offerynge he loked not. Then was Cain exceadinge wroth, and his countenaunce chaunged. And the LORDE ſayde vnto Cain: Why art thou angrie? and why doth thy countenaunce chaunge? Is it not &#383;o? that yf thou do well, thou ſhalt receaue it: but and yf thou do euell, thy &#383;ynne lyeth open in the dore? Shal he then be ſubdued vnto the? and wilt thou rule him? And Cain talked with Abell his brother. undefined And it happened, that whan they were in the felde, Cain aroſe agayn&#383;t Abell his brother, and &#383;lew him. Then &#383;ayde the LORDE vnto Cain: Where is Abell thy brother? He ſayde: I can not tell. Am I my brothers keper? And he &#383;ayde: What ha&#383;t thou done? The voyce of thy brothers bloude crieth vnto me out of the earth. And now &#383;halt thou be cur&#383;ed vpon the earth, which hath opened hir mouth, and receaued thy brothers bloude of thine hande. Whan thou tylle&#383;t ye grounde, &#383;he ſhall hen&szlig;forth not geue hir power vnto the. A vagabunde and a rennagate ſhalt thou be vpon ye earth. And Cain &#383;ayde vnto ye LORDE: my &#383;ynne is greater, then that it maye be forgeuen me. Beholde, thou ca&#383;te&#383;t me out this daye from out of ye londe, and from yi &#383;ight mu&#383;t I hyde my ſelf, and mu&#383;t be a vagabunde and a rennagate vpon ye earth. And thus &#383;hal it go with me. undefined But the LORDE ſayde thus vnto him, Who &#383;o euer &#383;layeth Cain, it &#383;halbe auenged ſeuenfolde. And the LORDE put a marck vpon Cain, that no man which founde him, &#383;hulde kyll him. So Cain wente out from ye face of the LORDE, and dwelt in the lande Nod, vpon the ea&#383;t ſyde of Eden.

And Cain laye with his wyfe, which conceaued and bare Henoch. And he buylded a cite, and called it after the name of his ſonne Henoch. And Henoch begat Jrad, Jrad begat Mahuial. Mahuial begat Mathu&#383;ael. Mathu&#383;ael begat Lamech.

And Lamech toke him two wyues: ye one was called Ada, ⁊ the other Zilla. And Ada bare Jabel, of whom came they that dwelt in tentes and had catell. And his brothers name was Juball: Of him came they that occupied harpes ⁊ pypes. And Zilla &#383;he al&#383;o bare Tubalcain, a worker in all connynge poyntes of metall ⁊ yron. And Tubalcains &#383;i&#383;ter was called Naema. undefined And Lamech &#383;ayde vnto his wyues Ada and Zilla: Heare my voyce(ye wyues of Lamech) and herken vnto my wordes: for I haue &#383;layne a man, and wounded my &#383;elfe: and(haue kylled) a yonge man, and gotte&#772; my &#383;elf &#383;trypes. Cain &#383;halbe aue&#772;ged &#383;eue&#772; tymes: but Lamech &#383;euen and &#383;euentie tymes.

Adam laye yet with his wyfe agayne, ⁊ &#383;he bare a &#383;onne, and called him Seth. For