[The Pentateuch]

¶ The .iiij. Chapter.

And. Adam lay with •eva is wife / which conceived and bare Cain / and said: I have gotten a man of the LORde. And she proceeded forth and bare his brother Abel: And Abel became a shepherd / And Cain became a ploughman.

ANd. Adam lay wyth •eua ys wyfe / which conceaved and bare Cain / and sayd: I haue goten amā of the LORde. And she proceded forth and bare hys brother Abell: And Abell became a sheperde / And Cain became a ploweman.

And it fortuned in process of time / that Cain brought of the fruit of the earth: an offering unto the LORde. And Abel / he brought also of the firstlings of his sheep and of the fat of them. And the LORD looked unto Abel and to his offing: but unto Cain and unto his offering / looked he not. And Cain was wroth exceedingly / and loured. And the LORD said unto Cain: why art thou angry / and why loureste thou? Wottest thou not if thou dost well thou shalt receive it? But & if thou dost evil / by & by thy sin lieth open in the door. Not withstanding ⟨image 14⟩let it be subdued unto the / and see thou rule¹ it. And Cain talked with Abel his brother.

And it fortuned in processe of tyme / that Cain brought of the frute of the erth: an offerynge vnto the LORde. And Abell / he brought also of the fyrstlynges of hys shepe and of the fatt of them. And the LORde loked vnto Abell and to his offeynge: but vnto Cain and vnto his offrynge / looked he not. And Cain was wroth exceadingly / and loured. And the LORde sayd vnto Cain: why art thou angry / and why loureste thou? Wotest thou not yf thou dost well thou shalt receave it? But & yf thou dost evell / by & by thy synne lyeth open in the dore. Not withstondyng