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Genesis 4:3

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

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And in process^{Template:StrongsLink} of time^{Template:StrongsLink} it came to pass, that Cain^{Template:StrongsLink} brought^{Template:StrongsLink} of the fruit^{Template:StrongsLink} of the ground^{Template:StrongsLink} an offering^{Template:StrongsLink} unto the LORD^{Template:StrongsLink}.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ יָמִים וַיָּבֵא קַיִן מִפְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה מִנְחָה לַיהוָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַֽ/יְהִ֖י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it happened
מִ/קֵּ֣ץ	mi./Ketz	H7093	HR/Ncmsc	from/ (the) end of
יָמִ֑ים	ya.Mim	H3117	HNcmpa	days
וַ/יָּבֵ֨א	va/i.ya.Ve'	H935	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he brought
קַ֜יִן	Ka.yin	H7014	HNp	Cain
מִ/פְּרִ֧י	mi./pe.Ri	H6529	HR/Ncmsc	some of/ (the) fruit of
הָֽ/אֲדָמָ֛ה	ha./'a.da.Mah	H127	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ ground
מִנְחָ֖ה	min.Chah	H4503	HNcfsa	an offering
לַֽ/יהוָֽה	la./Yah.weh	H3068	HR/Np	to/ Yahweh

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• Template:StrongsLink — אֲדָמָה (ʼădâmâh, ad-aw-maw'): from אָדַם; soil (from its general redness); country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
• Template:StrongsLink — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• Template:StrongsLink — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• Template:StrongsLink — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• Template:StrongsLink — מִנְחָה (minchâh, min-khaw'): from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary); gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
• Template:StrongsLink — פְּרִי (pᵉrîy, per-ee'): from פָּרָה; fruit (literally or figuratively); bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.
• Template:StrongsLink — 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).
• Template:StrongsLink — קֵץ (qêts, kates): contracted from קָצַץ; an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after; [phrase] after, (utmost) border, end, (in-) finite, [idiom] process.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• Template:StrongsLink — 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.

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