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Genesis 4:1-2
International Standard Version
Genesis 4:1-2
International Standard Version
Cain and Abel
4 Later, Adam[a] had sexual relations with[b] his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have given birth to[c] a male child—the Lord.”[d] 2 And she did it again, giving birth to his brother Abel. Abel shepherded flocks and Cain became a farmer.[e]
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- Genesis 4:1 Or the man
- Genesis 4:1 Lit. Adam knew
- Genesis 4:1 Or have acquired; the Heb. verb resembles the word for Cain
- Genesis 4:1 Or child with the Lord; the Heb. lacks with
- Genesis 4:2 Lit. a worker of the ground
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