Genesis 4:1
Adam was intimate with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, 'I have acquired a man with the help of the LORD.'
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And the man{H120} knew{H3045} Eve{H2332} his wife;{H802} and she conceived,{H2029} and bare{H3205} Cain,{H7014} and said,{H559} I have gotten{H7069} a man{H376} with [the help]{H854} [of] Jehovah.{H3068}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And Adam{H120} knew{H3045}{(H8804)}{H853} Eve{H2332} his wife{H802}; and she conceived{H2029}{(H8799)}, and bare{H3205}{(H8799)}{H853} Cain{H7014}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, I have gotten{H7069}{(H8804)} a man{H376} from{H854} the LORD{H3068}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
And Adam lay wyth Heua ys wyfe which conceaved and bare Cain and sayd: I haue goten a ma of the LORde.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer Adam laye with Heua his wyfe, which coceaued & bare Cain, and sayde, I haue opteyned ye man of the LORDE.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Afterwarde the man knewe Heuah his wife, which conceiued and bare Kain, and said, I haue obteined a man by the Lord.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And Adam knewe Heua his wyfe, who conceauing bare Cain, saying: I haue gotten a man of the Lorde.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
¶ And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, "I have gotten a man with Yahweh's help."
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'
American Standard Version (1901)
And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with `the help of' Jehovah.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with [the help of] Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.
World English Bible (2000)
The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, "I have gotten a man with Yahweh's help."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The Story of Cain and Abel Now the man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said,“I have created a man just as the LORD did!”
Referenced Verses
- Gen 3:15 : 15 'And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.'
- Gen 4:25 : 25 Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, 'God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.'
- Gen 5:29 : 29 He named him Noah, saying, "This one will comfort us in our work and the painful labor of our hands, caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed."
- 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 4:25-262 verses85%
25 Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, 'God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.'
26 Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time, people began to call on the name of the LORD.
- Gen 4:16-205 verses83%
16 So Cain went out from the LORD’s presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
17 Cain was intimate with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch.
18 Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad was the father of Mehujael, who was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
19 Lamech married two wives, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.
- Gen 4:2-32 verses80%
2 Later, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel tended flocks, while Cain worked the soil.
3 Over time, Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD.
- Gen 3:20-223 verses74%
20 Adam named his wife Eve because she would become the mother of all the living.
21 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
22 Then the LORD God said, 'Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever—'
- Gen 2:21-255 verses74%
21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and while he slept, He took one of his ribs and closed up the place with flesh.
22 Then the LORD God formed the rib He had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.
23 The man said, 'This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called "woman," for she was taken out of man.'
24 For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
- Gen 5:1-44 verses73%
1 This is the record of the generations of Adam. When God created mankind, He made them in the likeness of God.
2 He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them 'Mankind' on the day they were created.
3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
4 After he fathered Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Gen 3:12-132 verses72%
12 The man said, 'The woman you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.'
13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, 'What is this you have done?' The woman said, 'The serpent deceived me, and I ate.'
- Gen 4:7-104 verses72%
7 'If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.'
8 Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let’s go out to the field.' While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
9 Then the LORD said to Cain, 'Where is your brother Abel?' He replied, 'I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?'
10 The LORD said, 'What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.'
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13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. When he went to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
- Gen 3:16-172 verses70%
16 To the woman He said, 'I will greatly increase your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.'
17 To Adam He said, 'Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, "You must not eat from it," cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.'
- Gen 3:6-72 verses70%
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
- 1 Tim 2:13-142 verses69%
13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, being deceived, fell into transgression.
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1 When mankind began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
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18 Then the LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is suitable for him.'
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1 Adam, Seth, Enosh.
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27 So God created mankind in his own image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
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9 But the LORD God called out to the man and said to him, 'Where are you?'