Genesis: Chapter Four

Adam and Eve they had sexual relations

For at least one of God's commands they did give affirmation

Eve became pregnant and gave birth to a son

Life was born, here comes the fun!

They called him Cain

She said from out of my pain

With the help of the Lord God

I have given birth to a little sod

Later on with Cain still shorter than a table

She gave birth to another and called him Abel

Now Abel was a man who looked after the flocks

Cain worked the soil, toiling amongst the rocks

After a while Cain grabbed some random bits of fruit

Offered it to the Lord, like he held him in disrepute

Abel took fat portions from the first born of his flock

He gave the best; God was not someone he wanted to mock

So God looked at Abel and his offering with ardour

But to Cain and his offering he looked with dis-favour

So Cain was very angry, his face a black cloud

Covered in rage like a death shroud

So God spoke to Cain and was pretty frank

This after all was discipline, not a think-tank

Why are you so angry, your face so dark?

If you do what is right won't you hit my mark?

But if you don't do what I set as the benchmark

Sin will crouch at your door, like a great white shark

Wanting to control you, so the choice is pretty stark

Control it's bite is worse than its bark

If you don't do it, your life will have no spark

And you will end up in a place that is forever dark

Cain then said to his brother Abel, hey let's take a stroll

Over yonder there by that grassy knoll

While they were in the fields Cain achieved his goal

Attacked Abel killed him and threw him in a hole

So God said to Cain please tell me where is your brother Abel

I'm sure you can tell me, I'm sure you're able

Cain replied, Sorry God you know I'm a heavy sleeper 

What am I, am I my brother's keeper?

God didn't let Cain off the hook

In fact at him, he threw the whole book

Your brother's blood cries out from under the earth

To the place where you gave his body a berth

So you are under a curse, driven from this land

From which you murdered Abel with your own hand

You won't be able to grow a crop

Every time you try it will just flop

So you will roam the world a restless wandering soul

The rest of your life counting sin's toll

Cain was aghast

God, not so fast

This punishment I fear

Is so much more than I could ever bear

I'm driven from this land

Away from under your hand

I will wander the world like a restless flea

Whoever sees me they will surely kill me!

But God was pretty adamant

That he said is not the right sentiment

For whoever kills you, will suffer like leaven

Not merely like you but multiplied by seven

So God put a mark on Cain

So no one would kill him for gain

But rather just leave him in his shame and pain

So Cain departed from being under God's hand

Into Nod, east of Eden, he lived in this land.

Cain was with his wife and had sex with her

And she became pregnant we can concur

She had a baby and he was named Enoch

He was the new kid on the block

Cain was so excited, he built a city round the clock

And named it Enoch, after the first of his flock

Enoch then had a son, which was not too bad

He decided to name his little boy the name Irad

Irad became a dad as well

And named his son Mehujael

Mehujael became a dad, the family line he did not fail

He named his son Methushael

Methushael took to the parenting trek

Had a son, named him Lamech.

Lamech married two women, one was called Adah

The other wife, she was named Zillah.

Adah gave birth to a boy named Jabal

He was the father of those who lived in tents, and raised livestock, rather reminiscent of his descendant Abel

He had a brother Jubal was his name

The father of those who made music their game

Who played stringed instruments and pipes

Music in its original form, no gripes and no hype

Zillah also had a son Tubal-Cain was his name

Forging tools of bronze and iron was the name of his game

Tubal-Cain had a sister as well

Naamah was the name of this belle

Lamech gave a speech to his two wives

Listen to me with your whole lives

I killed a man who wounded me

He injured me don't you see

If Cain was to be avenged by God times seven

Then for me it will be times seventy seven

Adam had sexual relations with his wife once again

To try and replace Abel and his pain

She gave birth to a boy and called him Seth

God gave me a boy to replace Abel who Cain took to his death

Seth grew and in time had a son

Named him Enosh and so his family line begun

At that time people began to use well their words

They began to cry out and call upon the name of the Lord