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Genesis 4:1

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Genesis 4:1 · BSB

1And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.

2Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.

Accessible Ancients Bible +

The Berean Standard Bible rendered in the vocabulary of the ancient world — firmament, Sheol, ascension offering — with the translators' notes shown inline. About this translation

1And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.

  • Cain sounds like the Hebrew for acquired or brought forth.

2Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.

King James Version +

The 1611 translation, in its familiar form.

1And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

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