Genesis 4:4
וְ הֶבֶל הֵבִיא גַם הוּא מִ בְּכֹרֹות צֹאנֹו וּ מֵ חֶלְבֵהֶן וַ יִּשַׁע יְהוָה אֶל הֶבֶל וְ אֶל מִנְחָתֹו
And Vapor has caused to come in, also himself, from the firstborn-ones160 of his sheep, from their milk.161 And Yahweh is delivering162 toward Vapor and toward his offering.
| 160 | Strong’s #1062, בְּכֹר֥וֹת, firstborn. A feminine plural noun derived from bakar (#1069) to burst the womb, bear new fruit. Because it is used here of a sheep it can only mean female firstlings, as Robert Young translated it in the YLT. If it were not specific to female ewes a masculine plural form would have been used. This also provides the basis of definition for its use elsewhere where it has been rendered birthright. |