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Cain and Abel

Later, Adam[a] had sexual relations with[b] his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have given birth to[c] a male child—the Lord.”[d] And she did it again, giving birth to his brother Abel. Abel shepherded flocks and Cain became a farmer.[e]

Later, after a while, Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit that he had harvested,[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:1 Or the man
  2. Genesis 4:1 Lit. Adam knew
  3. Genesis 4:1 Or have acquired; the Heb. verb resembles the word for Cain
  4. Genesis 4:1 Or child with the Lord; the Heb. lacks with
  5. Genesis 4:2 Lit. a worker of the ground
  6. Genesis 4:3 Lit. fruit of the ground