Genesis 4:3

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“So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,”

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BSBPD

“So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 4:3 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 2:1“When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,
  2. Numbers 18:12I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.
  3. 1 Kings 17:7Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
  4. Nehemiah 13:6While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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