Genesis 4:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.”
Genesis 4:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 4:39 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
מִקֵּץmiqēṣFrom extremity
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
וַיָּבֵאwayāvēʾAnd go
קַיִןqayinKajin
מִפְּרִיmipərîFrom fruit
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
מִנְחָהminəḥāhDonation
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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