1 Clement 4.1

Clement of Rome · 1 Clement · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Rome · Read in context

Summary: The story of Cain and Abel begins.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:14

Γέγραπται γὰρ οὕτως· Καὶ ἐγένετο μεθʼ ἡμέρας, ἤνεγκεν Κάϊν ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν τῆς γῆς θυσίαν τῷ θεῷ, καὶ Ἄβελ ἤνεγκεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπὸ τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν προβάτων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν στεάτων αὐτῶν.

English · Claude translation

For it is written thus: “And it came to pass after some days that Cain brought to God a sacrifice from the fruits of the earth, and Abel also brought from the firstborn of the sheep and from their fat.

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:14 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

Gen 4:3 · quotation, high confidence
Gen 4:4 · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Chapter 4 quotes Gen 4:3–8 in the Septuagint (Greek) form.

Cite this passage

1 Clem. 4.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/1/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 4.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/1/).

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