16 And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 4:16. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וַיֵּ֥צֵא קַ֖יִן מִלִּפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־נ֖וֹד קִדְמַת־עֵֽדֶן׃
וַיֵּ֥צֵא
מִלִּפְנֵ֣י
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב
בְּאֶֽרֶץ
קִדְמַת
Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported
Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.
Ἐξῆλθεν δὲ Κάϊν ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ᾤκησεν ἐν γῇ Ναὶδ κατέναντι Ἐδέμ.
Ἐξῆλθεν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἐξέρχομαι
- Transliteration
- exelthen
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it went out
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To go out, come out, or depart.
- Occurrences
- 386
δὲ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- δέ
- Transliteration
- de
- Morphology
- postpositive conjunction/particle
- Gloss
- but, and, now
- Part of Speech
- conjunction/particle
- Definition
- Postpositive connective conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 4634
Κάϊν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- Κάϊν
- Transliteration
- kain
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Κάϊν
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 16
ἀπὸ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἀπό
- Transliteration
- apo
- Morphology
- preposition with genitive
- Gloss
- from, away from
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Elided/aspirated form of ἀπό.
- Occurrences
- 3869
προσώπου
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- πρόσωπον
- Transliteration
- prosopon
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- face, presence
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Face, presence, person, or front.
- Occurrences
- 1170
τοῦ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
Θεοῦ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- θεός
- Transliteration
- theou
- Morphology
- noun, masculine genitive singular
- Gloss
- of God
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- God, deity, or divine being.
- Strong's
- G2316
- Occurrences
- 3522
καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
ᾤκησεν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- ᾤκησεν
- Transliteration
- kesen
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
- Gloss
- he/she ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 10
ἐν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἐν
- Transliteration
- en
- Morphology
- preposition with dative
- Gloss
- in, among, with
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition commonly taking the dative.
- Strong's
- G1722
- Occurrences
- 13086
γῇ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- γῆ
- Transliteration
- ge
- Morphology
- noun, feminine dative singular
- Gloss
- earth, land
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Earth, ground, or land.
- Strong's
- G1093
- Occurrences
- 2962
Ναὶδ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- Ναὶδ
- Transliteration
- naid
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Ναὶδ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
κατέναντι
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- κατέναντι
- Transliteration
- katenanti
- Morphology
- preposition/adverb
- Gloss
- opposite, before
- Part of Speech
- preposition/adverb
- Definition
- Opposite, over against, or before.
- Occurrences
- 75
Ἐδέμ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- low
- Confidence note
- Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
- Lemma
- Ἐδέμ
- Transliteration
- edem
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Ἐδέμ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
Coverage: Torah
Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.
וּנְפַק קַיִן מִן קֳדָם יְיָ וִיתֵיב בְּאַרְעָא גָּלֵי וּמִטַּלְטַל דַּהֲוָה עֲבִידָא עֲלוֹהִי מִלְּקַדְמִין דְּגִינְתָא דְעֵדֶן
וּנְפַק
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- נפק
- Transliteration
- wnpq
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root נפק
- Gloss
- and went out, came forth
- Occurrences
- 83
קַיִן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קין
- Transliteration
- qyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 19
מִן
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- מן
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- from, out of, than
- Occurrences
- 515
קֳדָם
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- קדם
- Transliteration
- qdm
- Morphology
- prepositional or nominal form
- Gloss
- before, in front of, east
- Occurrences
- 823
יְיָ
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- יהוה
- Transliteration
- yy
- Morphology
- divine name substitute in Targumic Aramaic
- Gloss
- the Lord
- Occurrences
- 1694
וִיתֵיב
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יתיב
- Transliteration
- wytyb
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 24
בְּאַרְעָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- ארע
- Transliteration
- b'r''
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition ב + noun feminine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- in/with earth, land
- Occurrences
- 840
גָּלֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גלי
- Transliteration
- gly
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 39
וּמִטַּלְטַל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מטלטל
- Transliteration
- wmtltl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
דַּהֲוָה
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- הוה
- Transliteration
- dhwh
- Morphology
- prefixed relative/genitive ד + verbal root הוה
- Gloss
- of/that was, became, happened
- Occurrences
- 292
עֲבִידָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עבידא
- Transliteration
- 'byd'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 19
עֲלוֹהִי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עלוהי
- Transliteration
- 'lwhy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 173
מִלְּקַדְמִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לקדמין
- Transliteration
- mlqdmyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 9
דְּגִינְתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גינתא
- Transliteration
- dgynt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 14
דְעֵדֶן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עדן
- Transliteration
- d'dn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 33
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܘܢܦ̣ܩ ܩܐܝܢ ܡܢ ܩܕܡ ܡܪܝܐ. ܘܝܬ̣ܒ ܒܐܪܥܐ ܕܢܘܕ ܡܢ ܡܕܢܚܝܗ̇ ܕܥܕܢ.
ܘܢܦ̣ܩ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- WNP#Q
- Morphology
- W-NPQ[
- Occurrences
- 0
ܩܐܝܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- Q>JN
- Morphology
- Q>JN/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MN
- Morphology
- MN
- Occurrences
- 0
ܩܕܡ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- QDM
- Morphology
- QDM/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܪܝܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MRJ>
- Morphology
- MRJ>/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܘܝܬ̣ܒ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- WJT#B
- Morphology
- W-JTB[
- Occurrences
- 0
ܒܐܪܥܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- B>R<>
- Morphology
- B->R</~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܕܢܘܕ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- DNWD
- Morphology
- D-NWD=/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MN
- Morphology
- MN
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܕܢܚܝܗ̇
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MDNXJH^
- Morphology
- MDNX/J-H=
- Occurrences
- 0
ܕܥܕܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- D<DN
- Morphology
- D-<DN/
- Occurrences
- 0
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Egressusque Cain a facie Domini, habitavit profugus in terra ad orientalem plagam Eden.
egressusque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- egredior
- Transliteration
- egressusque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 667
{egressusque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {egressusque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
Cain
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Cain
- Transliteration
- Cain
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 19
a
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- a
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
facie
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- facies
- Transliteration
- facie
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 793
Domini
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dominus
- Transliteration
- Domini
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 8181
habitavit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- habito
- Transliteration
- habitavit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 650
in
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- in
- Transliteration
- in
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Gloss
- in
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- in, into, among, on
- Etymology
- Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
- Occurrences
- 22264
terra
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- terra
- Transliteration
- terra
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Gloss
- earth
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- earth, land, ground
- Etymology
- Latin noun behind English terrestrial and terrain.
- Occurrences
- 3087
profugus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- profugus
- Transliteration
- profugus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 18
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
orientalem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- orientalis
- Transliteration
- orientalem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 81
plagam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- plaga
- Transliteration
- plagam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 264
Eden
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- edo
- Transliteration
- Eden
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 99
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Genesis 3:8
And there came to them the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening wind: and the man and his wife went to a secret place among the trees of the garden, away from the eyes of the Lord God.
3 relevance votesJeremiah 23:39
For this reason, truly, I will put you completely out of my memory, and I will put you, and the town which I gave to you and to your fathers, away from before my face:
3 relevance votes2 Kings 13:23
But the Lord was kind to them and had pity on them, caring for them, because of his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; he would not put them to destruction or send them away from before his face till now.
3 relevance votesExodus 20:18
And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.
3 relevance votes2 Kings 24:20
And because of the wrath of the Lord, this came about in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had sent them all away from before him: and Zedekiah took up arms against the king of Babylon.
3 relevance votesJeremiah 52:3
And because of the wrath of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had sent them away from before him: and Zedekiah took up arms against the king of Babylon.
3 relevance votesGenesis 4:14
You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.
3 relevance votesJob 2:7
And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.
3 relevance votesMatthew 18:20
For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.
2 relevance votesJohn 1:10
He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.
2 relevance votesPsalms 5:11
But let all those who put their faith in you be glad with cries of joy at all times, and let all the lovers of your name be glad in you.
2 relevance votesJob 1:12
And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord.
2 relevance votes