Genesis 4:3

So it came to pass, after certain days, that Cain brought in of the fruit of the ground, a present to Yahweh:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 went on to bear his brother, Abel,—and Abel became a feeder of sheep, whereas Cain, was a tiller of the round.

4Abel, also, even, he, brought in of the firstlings of his sheep, and of their fat, and Yahweh approved of Abel and of his present;

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Cross References

Numbers 18:12All the best of oil, and all the best of new-wine and corn,—the firstfruits thereof which they shall give unto Yahweh, unto thee, have I given them.

Nehemiah 13:6But, throughout all this [time], was I not in Jerusalem,—for, in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I came unto the king, and, at the end of certain days, obtained I leave 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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