Genesis 4:1

וְהָאָדָם יָדַע אֶת ־ חַוָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד אֶת ־ קַיִן וַתֹּאמֶר קָנִיתִי אִישׁ אֶת ־ יְהוָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

In Context

2וַתֹּסֶף לָלֶדֶת אֶת ־ אָחִיו אֶת ־ הָבֶל וַֽיְהִי ־ הֶבֶל רֹעֵה צֹאן וְקַיִן הָיָה עֹבֵד אֲדָמָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 4:25וַיֵּדַע אָדָם עוֹד אֶת ־ אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ שֵׁת כִּי שָֽׁת ־ לִי אֱלֹהִים זֶרַע אַחֵר תַּחַת הֶבֶל כִּי הֲרָגוֹ קָֽיִן ׃

Numbers 31:17וְעַתָּה הִרְגוּ כָל ־ זָכָר בַּטָּף וְכָל ־ אִשָּׁה יֹדַעַת אִישׁ לְמִשְׁכַּב זָכָר הֲרֹֽגוּ ׃

Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:1

In this chapter we have both the world and the church in a family, in a little family, in Adam's family, and a specimen given of the character and state of both in after-ages, nay, in all ages, to the end of time. As all mankind were represented in Adam, so that great distinction of mankind into saints and sinners, godly and wicked, the children of God and the children of the wicked one, was here represented in Cain and Abel, and an early instance is given of the enmity which was lately put between the seed of the… Read the whole commentary →

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