Study it in the app“And Adam knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and called his name Seth, “for Elohim has granted me another offspring in place of Abel, because Cain killed him.””
AndוַAdamאָדָםknewיֵּדַעhis wifeאֶת אִשְׁתּוֹagain,עוֹדand she gave birthוַתֵּלֶדto a sonבֵּןand calledוַתִּקְרָאhis nameאֶת שְׁמוֹSeth,שֵׁת“forכִּיElohimאֱלֹהִיםhas grantedשָׁתmeלִיanotherאַחֵרoffspringזֶרַעin placeתַּחַתof Abel,הֶבֶלbecauseכִּיCainקָיִןkilled him.”הֲרָגוֹ
Adam
Adam, the personal name of the first man. It is the same Hebrew word "adam" (human being), used as a name. Also a town by the Jordan.
Where else “adam” appearslie with
To be intimate with a woman.
Where else “yeda” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsname
To give someone a name.
Where else “tikra” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsSeth
Seth, the son Adam and Eve had after the death of Abel. In Hebrew "Shet" sounds like "he has granted" (Genesis 4:25).
Where else “shet” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsput
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “shat” appearsother
Other, another; next.
Where else “acher” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appearsAbel
Abel, the second son of Adam and Eve, killed by his brother Cain. In Hebrew "Hevel" is the same word as "breath" or "vapor", something that does not last.
Where else “hevel” appearsCain
Cain, the first son of Adam and Eve, who killed his brother Abel. In Hebrew "Qayin" sounds like "I have gotten" (Genesis 4:1). Also a place, and the tribe of the Kenites.
Where else “kayin” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “harag” appears“Seth” (Shet) sounds like “has granted / has set” (shat).
24If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy and seven fold.”
25 · This verse (above)
26And to Seth, to him also, a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. Then people began to call on the name of YHWH.
1. What it says
How did Cain feel when YHWH did not look with favor on his offering, and what did YHWH say to him (vv. 5-7)?
2. What it means
What does Cain mean by his question, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” (v. 9)?
3. How I live it
How can you deal with anger or envy toward someone today before it grows?
