Verse 25

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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Adam kjente igjen sin kone, og hun fødte en sønn som hun kalte Set. Hun sa: 'Gud har gitt meg en annen sønn i stedet for Abel, som Kain drepte.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Adam kjente sin hustru igjen, og hun fødte en sønn og kalte ham Set; for Gud har gitt meg en annen ætt, i stedet for Abel, som Kain drepte.

• Norsk King James

  Adam var sammen med sin kone igjen, og hun fødte en sønn og kalte ham Set: 'For Gud har gitt meg en annen sønn i stedet for Abel, som Kain drepte.'

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Adam lå med sin kone igjen, og hun fødte en sønn og kalte ham Set. For hun sa: "Gud har gitt meg et nytt avkom i stedet for Abel, siden Kain drepte ham."

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Adam kjente igjen sin hustru, og hun fødte en sønn og kalte ham Set. For Gud har gitt meg en annen avkom i Abels sted, fordi Kain drepte ham.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Adam hadde igjen samliv med sin kone, og hun fødte en sønn og ga ham navnet Set. "For Gud har gitt meg en annen sønn i Abels sted, ham som Kain drepte," sa hun.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og Adam kjente sin hustru på nytt, og hun fødte en sønn, og kalte ham Set, for Gud har gitt meg en annen ætt i stedet for Abel, som Kain drepte.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Adam hadde igjen samliv med sin kone, og hun fødte en sønn og ga ham navnet Set. "For Gud har gitt meg en annen sønn i Abels sted, ham som Kain drepte," sa hun.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Adam hadde igjen samleie med sin kone, og hun fødte en sønn og kalte ham Set. For hun sa: 'Gud har gitt meg en annen sønn i Abels sted, for Kain drepte ham.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Adam kjente igjen sin kone, og hun fødte en sønn og ga ham navnet Set og sa: 'Gud har gitt meg en annen sønn i stedet for Abel, som Kain drepte.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Adam kjendte ydermere sin Hustru, og hun fødte en Søn og kaldte hans Navn Seth; thi Gud haver sat mig (sagde hun) en anden Sæd i Abels Sted; thi Cain slog ham ihjel.

• 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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Adam var sammen med sin kone igjen, og hun fødte en sønn som hun kalte Set. Hun sa: Gud har gitt meg en annen sønn i stedet for Abel, som Kain drepte.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Adam kjente igjen sin kone. Hun fødte en sønn, og ga ham navnet Set. For, sa hun, «Gud har gitt meg et annet barn i stedet for Abel, siden Kain drepte ham.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Adam kjente igjen sin kone, og hun fødte en sønn som hun kalte Set. 'For Gud har gitt meg en annen sønn i stedet for Abel,' sa hun, 'for Kain drepte ham.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Adam levde med sin kone igjen, og hun fødte en sønn og kalte ham Set. For Gud har gitt meg en annen etterkommer i stedet for Abel, som Kain drepte.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Adam hadde igjen samvær med sin kone, og hun fødte en sønn som hun ga navnet Set, for hun sa: Gud har gitt meg en annen etterkommer i stedet for Abel, som Kain drepte.

• 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.

• 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 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him.
• Gen 4:10-11 : 10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground. 11 And now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened her mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand;
• Gen 5:3-4 : 3 And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and had a son in his own likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth: 4 And the days of Adam after he had fathered Seth were eight hundred years, and he had 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 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in the process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the LORD.