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RBT Translation:

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

RBT Paraphrase:
Eternal Zoe-Life, The Only Begotten Son
And the Man has perceived the eternal self Life, the woman of himself, and she is conceiving and is bearing eternal self Spearhead, and she is saying, "I have bought a man of eternal self He Is."
LITV Translation:
And the man knew his wife Eve. And she conceived and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah.
ESV Translation:
Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD.”
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and brought forth Cain and said, I have gained a man through God.

Footnotes

152

Strong’s #3045, yada. To perceive with the sight. Complete, perfect tense.

To Be Known (Perceive with the Eyes)

Adam has perceived Eve his woman. It is not that the Scriptures are equating sex with perception but rather, he is speaking seeing her. This happens after she receives her name. Prior to this she is an unknown, unnamed, woman.

The separation between those whom he perceives and those whom he never knew has already happened, even as it is still coming. The chosen are perceiving He Is, “And we are perceiving—we are chasing after to perceive He Is” Hosea 6:3. Jeremiah speaks of understanding and knowing God using the infinitive verb forms, i.e. actively knowing/seeing rather than having known completely. He Is, on the other hand, has perceived completely.

For if in this one the One-who-makes-himself-shine is making himself shine having-insight and perceiving אֶת-me for myself is He Is, the one-who-makes a kindness, a judgement, and a justice in the Earth, for in these ones I have delighted, utters He Is…” Jeremiah 9:24 literal

153

Cain, Hebrew qayin, means spear, and specifically the iron point of the lance. The spearhead. See Strong’s #7013, and Fürst. The staff, rod, scepter, stick are from two words used for tribe (See #4294, #7626).

154

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.

155

The Hebrew את- “near” (#854) is the same as a mark of accusative. The niqqud (vowel points) which were added are left off to differentiate the two interpretations. The verb to possess/acquire is typically found with the mark,

And he is possessing אֶת-a portion of the Field…” Genesis 33:19 literal

Here the mark does not mean “from” though that is the traditional interpretation. Translators try to be sneaking by rendering it “by” because the alternate interpretation of “with Yahweh” sounds even more wrong.