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Genesis 4:2
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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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And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
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And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
And she againH3254 bareH3205 his brotherH251 AbelH1893. And AbelH1893 was a keeperH7462 of sheepH6629, but CainH7014 was a tillerH5647 of the groundH127.
Original Hebrew
וַתֹּסֶף לָלֶדֶת אֶת־אָחִיו אֶת־הָבֶל וַיְהִי־הֶבֶל רֹעֵה צֹאן וְקַיִן הָיָה עֹבֵד אֲדָמָה׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
וַ/תֹּ֣סֶף |
va./To.sef | H3254 | HC/Vhw3fs | and/ she repeated |
לָ/לֶ֔דֶת |
la./Le.det | H3205 | HR/Vqc | to/ give birth to |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
אָחִ֖י/ו |
'a.Chi/v | H251 | HNcmsc/Sp3ms | brother/ his |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
הָ֑בֶל |
Ha.vel | H1893 | HNp | Abel |
וַֽ/יְהִי |
va/y.hi- | H1961 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he was |
הֶ֨בֶל֙ |
he.vel | H1893 | HNp | Abel |
רֹ֣עֵה |
Ro.'eh | H7462 | HVqrmsc | a herder of |
צֹ֔אן |
Tzon | H6629 | HNcbsa | sheep |
וְ/קַ֕יִן |
ve./Ka.yin | H7014 | HC/Np | and/ Cain |
הָיָ֖ה |
ha.Yah | H1961 | HVqp3ms | he was |
עֹבֵ֥ד |
'o.Ved | H5647 | HVqrmsc | a tiller of |
אֲדָמָֽה |
'a.da.Mah | H127 | HNcfsa | (the) ground |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H127 — אֲדָמָה (ʼădâmâh, ad-aw-maw'): from אָדַם; soil (from its general redness); country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
- H251 — אָח (ʼâch, awkh): a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
- H1893 — הֶבֶל (Hebel, heh'-bel): the same as הֶבֶל; Hebel, the son of Adam; Abel.
- H3205 — יָלַד (yâlad, yaw-lad'): a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
- H3254 — יָסַף (yâçaph, yaw-saf'): a primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing); add, [idiom] again, [idiom] any more, [idiom] cease, [idiom] come more, [phrase] conceive again, continue, exceed, [idiom] further, [idiom] gather together, get more, give more-over, [idiom] henceforth, increase (more and more), join, [idiom] longer (bring, do, make, much, put), [idiom] (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, [idiom] yet, yield.
- H5647 — עָבַד (ʻâbad, aw-bad'): a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
- H6629 — צֹאן (tsôʼn, tsone): or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men); (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
- H7014 — קַיִן (Qayin, kah'-yin): the same as קַיִן (with a play upon the affinity to קָנָה); Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe; Cain, Kenite(-s).
- H7462 — רָעָה (râʻâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend); [idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
- H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- a keeper — Genesis 4:25-26, Psalms 127:3, John 8:44, 1 John 3:10, 1 John 3:12, 1 John 3:15
- And Abel — Genesis 30:29-31, Genesis 37:13, Genesis 46:32-34, Genesis 47:3, Exodus 3:1, Psalms 78:70-72, Amos 7:15
- tiller — Genesis 3:23, Genesis 9:20
Reciprocal references (5): Genesis 2:5, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 27:41, Isaiah 7:14
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: ABEL, AGRICULTURE-HORTICULTURE, CAIN, SHEPHERDS
- Torrey’s: AGRICULTURE OR HUSBANDRY, ARTS OF THE, SHEPHERDS
- Nave’s: ABEL, ADAM, AGRICULTURE, ANTEDILUVIANS, EVE, SHEPHERD
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