Genesis 4:3
Strong's Lexicon
So in the course
מִקֵּ֣ץ (miq·qêṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7093: 1) end 1a) end, at the end of (of time) 1b) end (of space)

of time
יָמִ֑ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

Cain
קַ֜יִן (qa·yin)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7014: Cain = 'possession' n pr m 1) eldest son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer having murdered his brother Abel Kenite = 'smiths' n pr gent 2) the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai

brought
וַיָּבֵ֨א (way·yā·ḇê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put

some of the fruit
מִפְּרִ֧י (mip·pə·rî)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6529: 1) fruit 1a) fruit, produce (of the ground) 1b) fruit, offspring, children, progeny (of the womb) 1c) fruit (of actions) (fig.)

of the soil
הָֽאֲדָמָ֛ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 127: 1) ground, land 1a) ground (as general, tilled, yielding sustenance) 1b) piece of ground, a specific plot of land 1c) earth substance (for building or constructing) 1d) ground as earth's visible surface 1e) land, territory, country 1f) whole inhabited earth 1g) city in Naphtali

as an offering
מִנְחָ֖ה (min·ḥāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4503: 1) gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering 1a) gift, present 1b) tribute 1c) offering (to God) 1d) grain offering

to the LORD,
לַֽיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In the course of time Cain presented some of the land’s produce as an offering to the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground.

King James Bible
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD.

New Living Translation
When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the LORD.

English Standard Version
In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground,

New American Standard Bible
So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground.

King James Bible
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In the course of time Cain presented some of the land's produce as an offering to the LORD.

International Standard Version
Later, after a while, Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit that he had harvested,

NET Bible
At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the LORD.

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

English Revised Version
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;
















Cross References
Jude 1:11
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

Genesis 4:2
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 4:4
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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.

Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 4:5
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

Genesis 4:6
And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
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