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Chapter 4

Genesis 4:2

ו תסף ל לדת את אחיו את הבל ו יהי הבל רעה צאן ו קין היה עבד אדמה
RBT Hebrew Literal:
And she is adding to beget156 אֶת-his brother, אֶת-Vapor.157 And he is becoming Vapor, an evil flock,158 and Spearhead has become a slave-worker to the red-one.
RBT Paraphrase:
Spearhead and Vanity
And she is adding to give birth to the self eternal brother of himself, self eternal Vanity. And Vanity is becoming an evil flock, and Spearhead has become a slave of the Ground of Adam.
The Vapor/Shadow Self
"...whosoever does not understand/know of the Tomorrow, what kind is the Zoe-life of yourselves? For you are all vanity/vapor— she who appears toward a little, and thereafter she who disappears!" (James 4:14 RBT)
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And she will add to bear his brother Abel; and Abel shall be a feeder of sheep, and Cain was a laborer of the earth.
LITV Translation:
And she continued to bear his brother, Abel. And Abel became a shepherd of flocks. And Cain became a tiller of the ground.
ESV Translation:
And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Footnotes

156

Added to Bear, because not yet born above.

she adds to beget. An infinitive verb is used, to beget for Abel as though she hadn’t yet given birth. The Hebrew verb to add is in the Hiph’il form meaning it is causative: to increase through addition. Contrast this with Cain whom “she begets” presently as the "first born." The Hebrew “tense” contrasts between them in verse 2 as well. Strong’s #3254, yasaph. To add. This is a verb. To increase through addition. It is often translated as “again” but “again” is not a verb but an adverb. Compare with Jesus’ use of the word “add” in the New Testament and Genesis 4:12. In the Proverbs the word is used, “For by me do your days abound, And added to thee are duplications of double-life [chayyim]” Prov. 9:11. The name of Joseph, a figure of Jesus, is from the same root and means “he increases”.

157

There are two separate marks of the eternal self accusative. Abel means breath, in the sense of mere breath or vapor. See Strong’s #1892. Compare James 4:14, “who do not understand the Tomorrow; who is your zoe-life? For a breath you are, the one towards a little [one] shining then also disappearing.”

158

The Whole is Vanity!

The word רעה (ra'ah) in Hebrew can function as both a noun and a participle, each with different meanings:

  1. Noun (רעה):

    •  רעה (ra'ah) noun feminine,  typically means "evil," "misfortune," or "calamity." It can refer to morally bad actions or unfortunate events.

  2. Participle (רועה):

    • As a participle, רועה (ro'eh) is used to refer to someone who tends to or shepherds sheep. It can mean "shepherd" or "one who cares for sheep."

In this instance there is no letter vav ו to form the proper participle spelling. But the Masoretes vowel pointed it to pronounce it as such. The noun רעה is feminine and agrees with the feminine tson meaning "sheep."

Strong’s #6629, tson, feminine. a sheep. A singular noun, but has been interpreted as a collective noun for a herd of small animals namely sheep and goats.

Watch the story switch back and forth between using the incomplete form when discussing Abel, but the complete when discussing Cain.