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Genesis 4:17
New English Translation

The Beginning of Civilization

17 Cain was intimate with[a] his wife, and she became pregnant[b] and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after[c] his son Enoch.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:17 tn Heb “knew,” a frequent euphemism for sexual relations.
  2. Genesis 4:17 tn Or “she conceived.”
  3. Genesis 4:17 tn Heb “according to the name of.”
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