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Genesis 4:3-5

3And in processמִקֵּ֣ץmi.KetzH7093of timeיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117it came to pass, that Cainקַ֜יִןKa.yinH7014broughtוַיָּבֵ֨אvai.ya.Ve'H935of the fruitמִפְּרִ֧יmi.pe.RiH6529of the groundהָֽאֲדָמָ֛הha.'a.da.MahH127an offeringמִנְחָ֖הmin.ChahH4503unto Yhwhלַֽיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068.

4And Abelוְהֶ֨בֶלve.He.velH1893,heה֛וּאhu'H1931also broughtהֵבִ֥יאhe.Vi'H935of the firstlingsH1062of his flockצֹאנ֖וֹtzo.NoH6629and of the fatוּמֵֽחֶלְבֵהֶ֑ןu.me.chel.ve.HenH2459thereof. And Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068had respectוַיִּ֣שַׁעvai.Yi.sha'H8159unto Abelהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1893and to his offeringמִנְחָתֽוֹ׃min.cha.ToH4503:

5But unto Cainקַ֥יִןKa.yinH7014and to his offeringמִנְחָת֖וֹmin.cha.ToH4503he had not respectשָׁעָ֑הsha.'AhH8159.And Cainלְקַ֙יִן֙le.Ka.yinH7014was veryמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966wrothוַיִּ֤חַרvai.Yi.charH2734,and his countenanceפָּנָֽיו׃pa.NavH6440fellוַֽיִּפְּל֖וּvai.yi.pe.LuH5307.

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