KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 4:1
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.
WEB World English Bible
The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.”
ASV American Standard Version
And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, ‘I have gotten a man by Jehovah;’
Surrounding context — Genesis 4
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.
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
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וְהָ֣אָדָ֔םH120 · a.dammanיָדַ֖עH3045 · ya.dato knowאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]חַוָּ֣הH2332 · chav.vahEveאִשְׁתּ֑וֹH802 · ish.shahwomanוַתַּ֙הַר֙H2029 · ha.rahto conceiveוַתֵּ֣לֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]קַ֔יִןH7014 · qa.yinKainוַתֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayקָנִ֥יתִיH7069 · qa.nahto buyאִ֖ישׁH376 · ishmanאֶת־H854 · etwithיְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
1 John 3:12Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.Genesis 4:25And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.Genesis 5:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.Numbers 31:17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
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