Kejadian 4:17

The Beginning of Civilization

4:17 Cain had marital relations ¹  with his wife, and she became pregnant ²  and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after ³  his son Enoch.

Kejadian 4:25

4:25 And Adam had marital relations ⁴  with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, “God has given ⁵  me another child ⁶  in place of Abel because Cain killed him.”

[4:17]  ¹ tn Heb “knew,” a frequent euphemism for sexual relations.

[4:17]  ² tn Or “she conceived.”

[4:17]  ³ tn Heb “according to the name of.”

[4:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “knew,” a frequent euphemism for sexual relations.

[4:25]  ⁵ sn The name Seth probably means something like “placed”; “appointed”; “set”; “granted,” assuming it is actually related to the verb that is used in the sentiment. At any rate, the name שֵׁת (shet) and the verb שָׁת (shat, “to place, to appoint, to set, to grant”) form a wordplay (paronomasia).

[4:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “offspring.”