Genesis 4:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.”

Genesis 4:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 4:1 in 7 Bible Translations

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Genesis 4:1 WEB — 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.””

Genesis 4:1 — World English Bible

Genesis 4:1 ASV — 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.”

Genesis 4:1 — American Standard Version

Genesis 4:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'”

Genesis 4:1 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 4:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have acquired a man with Jehovah.”

Genesis 4:1 — Darby Translation

Genesis 4:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Afterward the man knew Heuah his wife, which conceiued and bare Kain, and said, I haue obteined a man by the Lord.”

Genesis 4:1 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 4:1 LS — The Living Sword (2024)

“And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, "I have gotten a man with the Lord."”

Genesis 4:1 — The Living Sword

Genesis 4:1 in Context — Genesis 4

1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.

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What Does Genesis 4:1 Mean?

Genesis 4:1 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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