Then Adam had intercourse with his wife, and she became pregnant. She bore a son and said, “By the Lord's help I have acquired a son.” So she named him Cain.

“Take your son,” God said, “your only son, Isaac, whom you love so much, and go to the land of Moriah. There on a mountain that I will show you, offer him as a sacrifice to me.”

Jacob had intercourse with Rachel also, and he loved her more than Leah. Then he worked for Laban another seven years.

Cain and his wife had a son and named him Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son.

The Lord then passed in front of him and called out, “I, the Lord, am a God who is full of compassion and pity, who is not easily angered and who shows great love and faithfulness.

Do not take revenge on anyone or continue to hate him, but love your neighbour as you love yourself. I am the Lord.

Treat them as you would a fellow-Israelite, and love them as you love yourselves. Remember that you were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

And now, Lord, according to the greatness of your unchanging love, forgive, I pray, the sin of these people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

“Now, people of Israel, listen to what the Lord your God demands of you: worship the Lord and do all that he commands. Love him, serve him with all your heart,