Genesis 4 – Line 00097

LINE RENDERING FILE

YOU ARE WELCOME HERE

This isn’t a lesson. It’s a space. Come as you are. Let the line speak to you.

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INTRO

This file gives a minimal English phrasing of the original line, built directly from the Line Source File.

It’s readable, but not smoothed. Nothing is added beyond what’s traceable.

RENDERED LINE

And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. And he was building a city, and he called the name of the city like the name of his son; Enoch.

RENDERING NOTES

“Knew his wife” (וַיֵּדַע ... אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ) preserves biblical euphemism for sexual relations.

“She conceived and gave birth” = vav-consecutive pair (וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד), narrative flow from conception to birth.

“He was building” = participial form (בֹנֶה) signals ongoing or habitual action, rather than a completed event.

“A city” (עִיר) is indefinite; article appears only later when naming it.

“Like the name of his son” (כְּשֵׁם בְּנוֹ) is comparative structure; not exact replication but modeled after.

Proper name “Enoch” occurs twice; both son and city.

INSERTION / HELPER WORD TRACKING

“And” used to preserve sequential rhythm of vav-consecutives.

“Was” added to render participle “building” clearly in English.

Long dash used to convey appositional clause cleanly in English.

CONTEXTUAL PLACEMENT

Begins Cain’s lineage and introduces the first urban structure.

Marks narrative shift from personal to generational; Cain now father and founder.

Introduces tension between wandering punishment and settled civilization.

STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT NOTES

Four-part flow: union → birth → building → naming.

Balances domestic continuity with urban innovation.

Use of participle (“building”) contrasts with prior narrative perfects; implies progressive activity.

Naming functions as legacy; city as extension of son.