Cain and Abel

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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  1. Genesis 4:1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for gotten

Cain and Abel

Adam[a] made love to his wife(A) Eve,(B) and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.[b](C) She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth[c] a man.”

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  1. Genesis 4:1 Or The man
  2. Genesis 4:1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for brought forth or acquired.
  3. Genesis 4:1 Or have acquired

In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of (A)the fruit of the ground,

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In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering(A) to the Lord.(B)

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