XIII.


Likewise, at this same time, there was in this family
a man called Tubal Cain, a son of Lamech, who through
the abundance of his skill was a master-smith, and first 1085
among men through the craft of his mind he was the
inventor of agricultural implements upon earth: since
then the sons of men dwelling in cities have known far
and wide how to use brass and iron.

Once on a time Lamech himself made in words a wicked 1090
confession to his two wives, his dear bed-fellows, Ada
and Sella:

"In murder I have slain a certain one among my near
relations; I stained my hands with the gory death of 1095
Cain, destroyed with my hands the father of Enos, the
slayer of Abel, and poured on the ground the life-blood
of a man. Well knew I that for this shall come at last
the sevenfold vengeance of the King of Truth, great 1100
according to the crime: my fall and destruction shall
be more sternly meted out, with grim horror, when I
depart!"--

Now, there came to Adam in Abel's place another 1105
heir born in legal wedlock, an upright son, whose name
was Seth: he was happy and contributed greatly to the