Genesis 4:25
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.'
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And Adam{H120} knew{H3045} his wife{H802} again;{H5750} and she bare{H3205} a son,{H1121} and called{H7121} his name{H8034} Seth:{H8352} For, [said she], God{H430} hath appointed{H7896} me another{H312} seed{H2233} instead{H8478} of Abel;{H1893} for Cain{H7014} slew{H2026} him.{H3588}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And Adam{H120} knew{H3045}{(H8799)} his wife{H802} again{H5750}; and she bare{H3205}{(H8799)} a son{H1121}, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} his name{H8034} Seth{H8352}: For God{H430}, said she, hath appointed{H7896}{(H8804)} me another{H312} seed{H2233} instead{H8478} of Abel{H1893}, whom{H3588} Cain{H7014} slew{H2026}{(H8804)}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
Adam also laye with hys wyfe yet agayne and she bare a sonne ad called hys name Seth For god (sayd she) hath geven me a nother sonne For Abell whom Cain slewe.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Adam laye yet with his wyfe agayne, & she bare a sonne, and called him Seth. For God (sayde she) hath apoynted me another sede, for Abell, whom Cain slew.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And Adam knewe his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, and she called his name Sheth: for God, saide she, hath appointed me another seede for Habel, because Kain slewe him.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Adam knewe his wyfe agayne, and she bare a sonne, and called his name Seth: For God sayde she hath appoynted me another seede in steade of Habel whom Cain slewe.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
¶ And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth. For, she said, "God has appointed me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And Adam again knoweth his wife, and she beareth a son, and calleth his name Seth, `for God hath appointed for me another seed instead of Abel:' for Cain had slain him.
American Standard Version (1901)
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth. For, `said she', God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.
American Standard Version (1901)
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For, [said she], God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.
World English Bible (2000)
Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, "for God has appointed me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
And Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying,“God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him.”
Referenced Verses
- Gen 4:8 : 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.
- Gen 4:10-11 : 10 The LORD said, 'What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.' 11 'Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.'
- Gen 5:3-4 : 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.
- 1 Chr 1:1 : 1 Adam, Seth, Enosh.
- Luke 3:38 : 38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
- Gen 4:1-3 : 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.' 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.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Gen 4:1-22 verses85%
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.'
2 Later, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel tended flocks, while Cain worked the soil.
- Gen 5:2-87 verses81%
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.
5 So all the days of Adam’s life were 930 years, and then he died.
6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh.
7 After he fathered Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
8 So all the days of Seth's life were 912 years, and then he died.
- Gen 4:15-195 verses81%
15 But the LORD said to him, 'Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.' Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
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.
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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 3:20-212 verses73%
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.
- Gen 4:23-242 verses72%
23 Lamech said to his wives, 'Adah and Zillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech, hear my words. I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me.'
24 If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.
- Gen 2:21-255 verses71%
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.
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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.
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38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
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1 Adam, Seth, Enosh.
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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.'
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12 The man said, 'The woman you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.'