I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.*
Genesis 4:1 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The man knew Chavah his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Kayin, and said, *I have gotten a man with the LORD's help.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AND ADAM knew Eve as his wife, and she became pregnant and bore Cain; and she said, I have gotten and gained a man with the help of the Lord. 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. Common English Bible The man Adam knew his wife Eve intimately. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have given life to a man with the LORD’s help.” Catholic Public Domain Version Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, "I have obtained a man through God." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Adam knew Eve his wife: who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God. |
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.*
So he drove out the man; and he placed Keruvs at the east of the garden of `Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
Again she gave birth, to Kayin's brother Hevel. Hevel was a keeper of sheep, but Kayin was a tiller of the ground.
Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Shet, *for God has appointed me another child instead of Hevel, for Kayin killed him.*
and he named him Noach, saying, *This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.*
Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
unlike Kayin, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.