創世記4:17-24

4:17 該隱與妻子同房，他妻子就懷孕，生了以諾。該隱建造了一座城，就按著他兒子的名將那城叫做以諾。
4:18 以諾生以拿；以拿生米戶雅利；米戶雅利生瑪土撒利；瑪土撒利生拉麥。
4:19 拉麥娶了兩個妻：一個名叫亞大，一個名叫洗拉。
4:20 亞大生雅八；雅八就是住帳棚、牧養牲畜之人的祖師。
4:21 雅八的兄弟名叫猶八；他是一切彈琴吹簫之人的祖師。
4:22 洗拉又生了土八‧該隱；他是打造各樣銅鐵利器的（或譯：是銅匠鐵匠的祖師）。土八‧該隱的妹子是拿瑪。
4:23 拉麥對他兩個妻子說：亞大、洗拉，聽我的聲音；拉麥的妻子，細聽我的話語：壯年人傷我，我把他殺了；少年人損我，我把他害了（或譯：我殺壯士卻傷自己，我害幼童卻損本身）。
4:24 若殺該隱，遭報七倍，殺拉麥，必遭報七十七倍。

¹⁷ Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch. ¹⁸ To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
¹⁹ Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. ²⁰ Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock. ²¹ His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes. ²² Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of^[g] bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah.
²³ Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah, listen to me;
    wives of Lamech, hear my words.
I have killed a man for wounding me,
    a young man for injuring me.
²⁴ If Cain is avenged seven times,
    then Lamech seventy-seven times.”

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     該隱的後代比起該隱更是罪惡，因為拉麥說道：「亞大、洗拉，聽我的聲音；拉麥的妻子，細聽我的話語：壯年人傷我，我把他殺了；少年人損我，我把他害了（或譯：我殺壯士卻傷自己，我害幼童卻損本身）。若殺該隱，遭報七倍，殺拉麥，必遭報七十七倍。」

    看見人是越來越墮落，也就越自我中心！雖然文明增進了，有畜牧業、工藝家和音樂家出現，卻是離上帝越遠！也因此，人的處境是越來越危險，人的衝突也越大！

    也因為如此，越顯得上帝救恩的重要性，越需要在基督裡和睦，使人看見信耶穌為救主是人將來且唯一的出路！