1. קין (qayin)—Cain, “spear-shaft,” and קנה (qanah)—“set up, establish, gain, buy,” contain the biliteral root …

She ... bore Cain, and said ...—In this chapter we have the history of the founding of the family of Cain, a race godless…

And Adam knew his wife Eve. Moses now begins to describe the propagation of mankind. In this history, it is important to notice that this …

And Adam knew Eve his wife
An euphemism, or modest expression of the act of coition. Jarchi interprets it, "had know…

When Cain was born, Eve said, "I have gotten a man from the Lord." Perhaps she thought that this was the promised seed. If so, she was woefully dis…