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Genesis 4:1
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Genesis 4:1
English Standard Version
Cain and Abel
4 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten[a] a man with the help of the Lord.”
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- Genesis 4:1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for gotten
Genesis 4:17
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Genesis 4:17
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17 Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
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Genesis 4:25
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Genesis 4:25
English Standard Version
25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed[a] for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”
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- Genesis 4:25 Seth sounds like the Hebrew for he appointed
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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