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      ⁴ and Abel offride of the first gendrid of his floc, and of the fatnesse of tho. And the Lord bihelde to Abel and to the yiftis of hym;

      ⁵ sotheli he bihelde not to Cayn and to hise yiftis. And Cayn was wrooth greetli, and his cheer felde doun.

      ⁶ And the Lord seide to hym, Whi art thou wrooth, and whi felde doun thi face?

      ⁷ Whether not if thou schalt do wel, thou schalt resseyue; but if thou doist yuele, thi synne schal be present anoon in the yatis? but the desir therof schal be vndur thee, and thou schalt be lord therof.

      ⁸ And Cayn seide to Abel his brother, Go we out. And whanne thei weren in the feeld, Cayn roos ayens his brother Abel, and killide him.

      ⁹ And the Lord seide to Cayn, Where is Abel thi brother? Which answerde, Y woot not; whether Y am the kepere of my brothir?

      ¹⁰ And God seide to Cayn, What hast thou do? the vois of the blood of thi brother crieth to me fro erthe.

      ¹¹ Now therfor thou schalt be cursid on erthe, that openyde his mouth, and resseyuede of thin hond the blood of thi brothir.

      ¹² Whanne thou schalt worche the erthe, it schal not yyue his fruytis to thee; thou schalt be vnstable of dwellyng and fleynge aboute on erthe in alle the daies of thi lijf.

      ¹³ And Cayn seide to the Lord, My wickidnesse is more than that Y disserue foryyuenesse; lo!

      ¹⁴ to dai thou castist me out fro the face of the erthe; and Y schal be hid fro thi face, and Y schal be vnstable of dwellyng and fleynge aboute in erthe; therfore ech man that schal fynde me schal slee me.

      ¹⁵ And the Lord seide to hym, It schal not be don so, but ech man that schal slee Cayn shal be punyschid seuenfold. And the Lord settide a signe in Cayn, that ech man that schulde fynde hym schulde not slee hym.

      ¹⁶ And Cayn yede out fro the face of the Lord, and dwellide fleynge aboute in erthe, at the eest coost of Eden.

      ¹⁷ Forsothe Cayn knewe his wiif, which conseyuede, and childide Enoth; and Cayn bildide a citee, and clepide the name therof of the name of hise sone Enoth.

      ¹⁸ Forsothe Enoth gendride Irad, and Irad gendride Manyael, and Manyael gendride Matusael, and Matusael gendride Lameth;

      ¹⁹ that took twei wyues, the name to o wijf was Ada, and the name to the tother was Sella.

      ²⁰ And Ada gendride Jabel, that was the fadir of dwellers in tentis and of shepherdis;

      ²¹ and the name of his brother was Tubal, he was the fadir of syngeris in harpe and orgun.

      ²² And Sella gendride Tubalcayn, that was an hamerbetere, and smyyt on alle werkis of bras and of yrun; forsothe the sistir of Tubalcayn was Neoma.

      ²³ And Lameth seide to his wyues Ada and Sella, Ye wyues of Lameth, here my vois, and herkne my word; for Y haue slayn a man bi my wounde, and a yong wexynge man bi my `violent betyng;

      ²⁴ veniaunce schal be youun seuenfold of Cayn, forsothe of Lameth seuentisithis seuensithis.

      ²⁵ Also yit Adam knewe his wijf, and sche childide a sone, and clepide his name Seth, and seide, God hath put to me another seed for Abel, whom Cayn killide.

      ²⁶ But also a sone was borun to Seth, which sone he clepide Enos; this Enos bigan to clepe inwardli the name of the Lord.

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      ¹ This is the book of generacioun of Adam, in the dai wher ynne God made man of nouyt. God made man to the ymage and licnesse of God;

      ² God formede hem male and female, and blesside hem, and clepide the name of hem Adam, in the day in which thei weren formed.

      ³ Forsothe Adam lyuede an hundrid yeer and thretti, and gendride a sone to his ymage and liknesse, and clepide his name Seth.

      ⁴ And the daies of Adam after that he gendride Seth weren maad eiyte hundrid yeer, and he gendride sones and douytris.

      ⁵ And al the tyme in which Adam lyuede was maad nyne hundrid yeer and thretti, and he was deed.

      ⁶ Also Seth lyuede an hundrid and fyue yeer, and gendride Enos.

      ⁷ And Seth lyuede aftir that he gendride Enos eiyte hundrid and seuen yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

      ⁸ And alle the daies of Seth weren maad nyne hundrid and twelue yeer, and he was deed.

      ⁹ Forsothe Enos lyuede nynti yeer, and gendride Caynan;

      ¹⁰ aftir whos birthe Enos lyuede eiyte hundrid and fiftene yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

      ¹¹ And alle the daies of Enos weren maad nyne hundrid and fyue yeer, and he was deed.

      ¹² Also Caynan lyuyde seuenti yeer, and gendride Malalehel.

      ¹³ And Caynan lyuede after that he gendride Malalehel eiyte hundrid and fourti yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

      ¹⁴ And alle the dayes of Caynan weren maad nyn hundrid and ten yeer, and he was deed.

      ¹⁵ Forsothe Malalehel lyuede sixti yeer and fyue, and gendride Jared.

      ¹⁶ And Malalehel lyuede aftir that he gendride Jared eiyte hundrid and thretti yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

      ¹⁷ And alle the daies of Malalehel weren maad eiyte hundrid nynti and fyue yeer, and he was deed.

      ¹⁸ And Jared lyuede an hundrid and two and sixti yeer, and gendride Enoth.

      ¹⁹ And Jared lyuede aftir that he gendride Enoth eiyte hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

      ²⁰ And alle the dayes of Jared weren maad nyn hundrid and twei and sexti yeer, and he was deed.

      ²¹ Forsothe Enoth lyuede fyue and sixti yeer, and gendride Matusalem.

      ²² And Enoth yede with God; and Enoth lyuede after that he gendride Matusalem thre hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

      ²³ And alle the daies of Enoth weren maad thre hundride and fyue and sexti yeer.

      ²⁴ And Enoth yeed with God, and apperide not afterward, for God took hym awei.

      ²⁵ Also Matusalem lyuede an hundrid and `fourscoor yeer and seuene, and gendride Lameth.

      ²⁶ And Matusalem lyuede after that he gendride Lameth seuene hundrid and `fourscoor yeer and twei, and gendride sones and douytris.

      ²⁷ And alle the daies of Matusale weren maad nyn hundrid and nyn and sixti yeer, and he was deed.

      ²⁸ Forsothe Lameth lyuede an hundrid and `fourscoor yeer and two, and gendride a sone;

      ²⁹ and clepide his name Noe, and seide, This man schal comforte vs of the werkis and traueilis of oure hondis, in the loond which the Lord curside.

      ³⁰ And Lameth lyuede after that he gendride Noe fyue hundrid `nynti and fyue yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.

      ³¹ And alle the daies of Lameth weren maad seuene hundrid `thre scoor and seuentene yeer, and he was deed.

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