Genesis 4:3

וַֽיְהִי מִקֵּץ יָמִים וַיָּבֵא קַיִן מִפְּרִי הָֽאֲדָמָה מִנְחָה לַֽיהוָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2וַתֹּסֶף לָלֶדֶת אֶת ־ אָחִיו אֶת ־ הָבֶל וַֽיְהִי ־ הֶבֶל רֹעֵה צֹאן וְקַיִן הָיָה עֹבֵד אֲדָמָֽה ׃

4וְהֶבֶל הֵבִיא גַם ־ הוּא מִבְּכֹרוֹת צֹאנוֹ וּמֵֽחֶלְבֵהֶן וַיִּשַׁע יְהוָה אֶל ־ הֶבֶל וְאֶל ־ מִנְחָתֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Numbers 18:12כֹּל חֵלֶב יִצְהָר וְכָל ־ חֵלֶב תִּירוֹשׁ וְדָגָן רֵאשִׁיתָם אֲשֶׁר ־ יִתְּנוּ לַֽיהוָה לְךָ נְתַתִּֽים ׃

Nehemiah 13:6וּבְכָל ־ זֶה לֹא הָיִיתִי בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָם כִּי בִּשְׁנַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא מֶֽלֶךְ ־ בָּבֶל בָּאתִי אֶל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ וּלְקֵץ יָמִים נִשְׁאַלְתִּי מִן ־ הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃

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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