Genesis 4:25
Common English Bible
25 Adam knew his wife intimately again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth[a] “because God has given me another child in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.”
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- Genesis 4:25 Sounds like the Heb verb gave
Genesis 4:25
Easy-to-Read Version
Adam and Eve Have a New Son
25 Adam again had sexual relations with his wife, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth.[a] Eve said, “God has given me another son. Cain killed Abel, but now I have Seth.”
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- Genesis 4:25 Seth This is like a Hebrew word meaning “to give.”
Genesis 4:25
King James Version
25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
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Genesis 4:25
New Living Translation
The Birth of Seth
25 Adam had sexual relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth,[a] for she said, “God has granted me another son in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.”
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- 4:25 Seth probably means “granted”; the name may also mean “appointed.”
Genesis 4:25
New King James Version
A New Son
25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and (A)named him [a]Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.”
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- Genesis 4:25 Lit. Appointed
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