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Genesis 4:1

And the Red-one has perceived152 אֶת-Eve his woman, and she is conceiving and bearing אֶת-Spearhead,153 and saying, `I have bought154 a man אֶת-Yahweh.`155


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Strong’s #7069, qanah. To buy, acquire, possess. This is basic word for buy, used 85 times. Compare Gen. 14:22, “Most High, he-who-buys heaven” and Gen. 25:10, “the field Father-of-Tumult has bought from the sons of Heth.” Abel and Cain are not specifically named by Eve.