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CHAPTER II.
1. And it was in the hundred and
thirtieth year of the life of Adam
upon the earth, that he again knew
Eve his wife, and she conceived and
bare a son in his likeness and in his
image, and she called his name Seth,
saying, because God has appointed me another seed in the place of Abel,
for Cain has slain him.
2. And Seth lived one hundred
and five years, and he begat a son;
and Seth called the name of his son
Enosh, saying, because in that time
the sons of men began to multiply,
and to afflict their souls and hearts
by transgressing and rebelling against
God.
3. And it was in the days of Enosh
that the sons of men continued to
rebel and transgress against God, to
increase the anger of the Lord against
the sons of men.
4. And the sons of men went and
they served other Gods, and they
forgot the Lord who had created
them in the earth: and in those days
the sons of men made images of brass
and iron, wood and stone, and they
bowed down and served them.
5. And every man made his God
and they bowed down to them, and
the sons of men forsook the Lord all
the days of Enosh and his children;
and the anger of the Lord was kindled on account of their works and
abominations which they did in the
earth.
6. And the Lord caused the waters of the river Gihon to overwhelm
them, and he destroyed and consumed them, and he destroyed the third
part of the earth; and notwithstanding this, the sons of men did not turn
from their evil ways, and their hands
were yet extended to do evil in the
sight of the Lord.
7. And in those days there was
neither sowing nor reaping in the
earth; and there was no food for the
sons of men and the famine was very
great in those days.
8. And the seed which they sowed
in those days in the ground became
thorns, thistles and briers; for from
the days of Adam was this declaration concerning the earth, of the
curse of God, which he cursed the
earth, on account of the sin which
Adam sinned before the Lord.
9. And it was when men continued to rebel and transgress against
God, and to corrupt their ways, that
the earth also became corrupt.
10. And Enosh lived ninety years
and he begat Cainan ;
11. And Cainan grew up and he
was forty years old, and he became
wise and had knowledge and skill in
all wisdom, and he reigned over all
the sons of men, and he led the sons
of men to wisdom and knowledge;
for Cainan was a very wise man and
had understanding in all wisdom,
and with his wisdom he ruled over
spirits and demons.
12. And Cainan knew by his wisdom that God would destroy the sons
of men for having sinned upou earth,
and that the Lord would in the latter days bring upon them the waters
of the flood.
13. And in those days Cainan
wrote upon tablets of stone, what
was to take place in time to come,
and he put tliem in his treasures.
14. And Cainan reigned over the
whole earth, and he turned some of
the sons of men to the service of
God.
15. And when Cainan was seventy years old, he begat three sons
and two daughters.
16. And these are the names of
the children of Cainan; the name of
the first born Mahlallel, the second
Enan, and the third Mered, and their
sisters were Adah and Zillah; these
are the five children of Cainan that
were born to him.
17. And Lamech, the son of Methusael, became related to Cainan by
marriage, and he took his two daugh-
ters for his wives, and Adah conceived and bare a son to Lamech,
and she called his name Jabal.
18. And she again conceived and
bare a son, and culled his name Jubal; and Ziilah, her sis-tor, was bar-
ren in those days and had no offspring.
19. For in those days the sons of
men began to trespass against God,
and to transgress the commandments
which he had commanded to Adam, to
be fruitful and multiply in the earth.
20. And some of the sons of men
caused their wives to drink a draught
that would render them barren, in
order that they might retain their
figures and whereby their beautiful
appearance might not fade.
21. And when the sons of men
caused some of their wives to drink,
Ziilah drank with them.
22. And the child-bearing women
appeared abominable in the sight of
their husbands, as widows, whilst
their husbands lived, for to the bar-
ren ones only they were attached.
23. And in the end of days and
years, when Ziilah became old, the
Lord * opened her womb.
24. And she conceived and bare a
son and she called his name Tubal
Cain, saying, after I had withered
away have I obtained him from the
Almighty God.
25. And she conceived again and
bare a daughter, and she called her
name Naamah, for she said, after I
had withered away have I obtained
pleasure and delight.
26. And Lamech was old and advanced in years, and his eyes were
dim that he could not see, and Tubal
Cain, his son, was leading him, and
it was one day that Lamech went into the field and Tubal Cain his son
was with him, and whilst they were
walking in the field, Cain the son of
Adam advanced towards them; for
Lamech was very old and could not
see much, and Tubal Cain his son
was very young.
27. And Tubal Cain told his father to draw his bow, and with the
arrows he smote Cain, who was yet
far off, and he slew him, for he appeared to them to be an animal.
28. And the arrows entered Cain's
body although he was distant from
them, and he fell to the ground and
died.
29. And the Lord requited Cain's
evil according to his wickedness,
which he had done to his brother
Abel, according to the word of the
Lord which he had spoken.
30. And it came to pass when
Cain had died, that Lamech and Tubal Cain went to see the animal which
they had slain, and they saw, and behold Cain their grandfather was fallen dead upon the earth.
31. And Lamech was very much
grieved at having done this, and in
clapping his hands together he struck
his son and caused his death.
32. And the wives of Lamech
heard what Lamech had done, and
they sought to kill him.
33. And the wives of Lamech hated him from that day, because ho
slew Cain and Tubal Cain, and the
wives of Lamech separated from
him, and would not hearken to him
in those days.
34. And Lamech came to his
wives, and he pressed them to listen
to him about this matter.
35. And he said to his wives
Adah and Zillah, hear my voice O
wives of Lamech, attend to my
words, for now you have imagined
and said that I slew a man with my
wounds, and a child with my stripes
for their having done no violence,
but surely know that I am old and
greyheaded, and that my eyes are
heavy through age, and I did this
thing unknowingly.
36. And the wives of Lamech
listened to him in this matter, and
they returned to him with the advice
of their father Adam, but they bore
no children to him from that time,
knowing that God's anger was increasing in those days against the
sons of men, to destroy them with
the waters of the flood for their evil
doings.
37. And Mahlallel the son of Cainan lived sixty five years and he begat Jered; and Jered lived sixty -two
years and he begat Enoch.
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vs. 23: It cannot be supposed that they gave Zillah the drink to cause barrenness when she became old, for as it is expressed in verse twenty, it was given to those to retain their figures and whereby theix beautiful appearance might not fade.
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