Genesis 4 – Line 00105

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 Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for God appointed for me another seed in place of Abel, because Cain killed him.

RENDERING NOTES

“Vayyéda‘” = “and he knew”; idiomatically denotes sexual union.

“‘Od” = “again”; emphasizes continuity or renewal.

“Ishto” = “his wife”; direct reference to Eve.

“Vatteled ben” = “and she bore a son”; typical birth formula.

“Vattiqra et-shemo” = “and she called his name”; naming action by the mother.

“Shet” = Seth; phonetic and semantic wordplay with “shat-li” (“he appointed for me”).

“Ki shat-li elohim” = “for God appointed for me”; attribution of divine intervention.

“Zera acher” = “another seed”; continuation of lineage despite loss.

“Tachat hevel” = “in place of Abel”; overt replacement language.

“Ki harago qayin” = “because Cain killed him”; cause for Abel’s absence.

INSERTION / HELPER WORD TRACKING

“Again” drawn directly from “‘od.”

“Because” (second instance of “ki”) added to distinguish causal clause.

No smoothing or extrapolation introduced.

CONTEXTUAL PLACEMENT

Marks a re-centering of the human story after the Cain and Abel crisis.

Introduces Seth as both a restoration and a transition toward a new genealogical line.

Frames divine appointment as the source of ongoing lineage.

STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT NOTES

Mirrors Genesis 4:1 (Line_00080) structurally and thematically: birth, naming, attribution to God.

Bridges Cain’s line (Genesis 4) and the Sethite genealogy (Genesis 5).

Final narrative act in the Cain cycle; shifts focus to divine continuity.