Genesis 4
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 4:1-3

1Now the manH120 1hadH3045 relationsH3045 with his wifeH802 EveH2332, and she conceivedH2029 and gaveH3205 birthH3205 to 2CainH7014, and she saidH559, “I have gottenH7069 a 3manchildH376 with the help of the LordH3068.”

2AgainH3254, she gaveH3205 birthH3205 to his brotherH251 AbelH1893. And 4AbelH1893 was 5a keeperH7462 of flocksH6629, but CainH7014 was a tillerH5647 of the groundH127.

3So it cameH1961 about 6in the courseH4480H7093 of timeH3117 that CainH7014 broughtH935 an offeringH4503 to the LordH3068 of the fruitH6529 of the groundH127.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 4:1 Lit knew ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 4:1 I.e. gotten one ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 4:1 Or man, the Lord ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 4:2 Luke 11:50, 51 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 4:2 Gen 46:32; 47:3 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 4:3 Lit at the end of days ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 4

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