Bible Strands
Genesis 4:3
So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes Cain’s action after the births of Cain and Abel and after Cain began working the ground. The event takes place after an unspecified period of time has passed.
The words — מִנְחָה (min.Chah) literally means a produce or grain offering, and מִ/קֵּ֣ץ יָמִ֑ים (mi./Ketz ya.Mim) translates to “from the end of days,” marking the passage of time before the act.
The thread — The offering aligns with the grain offerings prescribed in Leviticus 2:1 and the finest new grain presented to the LORD in Numbers 18:12.
Why it lands — The text records the first human act of bringing cultivated produce to God, establishing the initial pattern of agricultural worship and what is presented.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.
Cross-references
- Numbers 18:12 I 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.
- 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,
- 1 Kings 17:7 Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
- Nehemiah 13:6 While 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