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

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Cain and Abel

Adam[a] made love to his wife(A) Eve,(B) and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.[b](C) She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth[c] a man.”

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  1. Genesis 4:1 Or The man
  2. Genesis 4:1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for brought forth or acquired.
  3. Genesis 4:1 Or have acquired

26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.

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26 Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.(A)

At that time people began to call on[a] the name of the Lord.(B)

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  1. Genesis 4:26 Or to proclaim

29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

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29 He named him Noah[a](A) and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.(B)

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  1. Genesis 5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for comfort.

37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

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37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab[a];(A) he is the father of the Moabites(B) of today.

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  1. Genesis 19:37 Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from father.

And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

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Abraham gave the name Isaac[a](A) to the son Sarah bore him.

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  1. Genesis 21:3 Isaac means he laughs.