VERSE STUDY • KJV

Genesis 4:3

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

Read it in 5 translations

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

So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,

As time passed, it happened that Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground.

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

And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;

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:

5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

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