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Adam lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man."

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Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.  

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In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD.

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But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

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but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.

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Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?  

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If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."

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Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." ^[d] And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

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Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"

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The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.

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Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

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When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."

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Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

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I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.