Genesis 4:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 4:1

1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore¹ Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.”

2 Then she bore again, this time his brother¹ Abel. Now ^aAbel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

3 And¹ in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit ^aof the ground to the Lord.

4 Abel also brought of ^athe firstborn of his flock and of ^btheir fat. And the Lord respected ^cAbel and his offering,

Interlinear Bible for Genesis 4:1:

And Adam
'Adam (#121) knew
yada` (#3045)
'eth (#853) Eve
Chavvah (#2332) his wife;
'ishshah (#802) and she conceived,
harah (#2029) and bore
yalad (#3205)
'eth (#853) Cain,
Qayin (#7014) and said,
'amar (#559) I have gotten
qanah (#7069) a man
'iysh (#376) from
'eth (#854) the LORD.
Yhovah (#3068)