Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Genesis 4:20-25 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

20. Adah gave birth to Jabal. Jabal was the father of people who live in tents and earn their living by keeping cattle.

21. Jabal was Jubal’s brother. Jubal was the father of people who play the harp and flute.

22. Zillah gave birth to Tubal-Cain. Tubal-Cain was the father of people who work with bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was named Naamah.

23. Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice! You wives of Lamech, listen to me. A man hurt me, so I killed him. I even killed a child for hitting me.

24. The punishment for killing Cain was very bad. But the punishment for killing me will be many times worse!”

25. Adam again had sexual relations with his wife, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth. Eve said, “God has given me another son. Cain killed Abel, but now I have Seth.”