Genesis 4:3

And it was so + 4:3 Gr. after days.after some time that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a sacrifice to the Lord.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

In Context

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

4And Abel + 4:4 Gr. he also.also brought of the firstborn of his sheep and of his fatlings, and God looked upon Abel and his gifts,

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Cross References

Numbers 18:12Every first-offering of oil, and every first-offering of wine, their first-fruits of corn, whatsoever they may give to the Lord, to thee have I given them.

Nehemiah 13:6But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Arthasastha king of Babylon I came to the king, and after a certain time I made my request of the king;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:2-3

Cain and Abel. ( b. c. 3875.) 1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord . 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters, ch. v. 4 . But Cain and Abel seem to have been the two eldest. Some think they were twins, and, as Esau and Jacob, the elder hated and the younger loved. Though God had cast our first parents out of paradise, he did not write… Read the whole commentary →

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