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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was from_the_end/extremity of_days and_he/it_brought Qayin/(Cain) from_the_fruit the_soil an_offering to/for_YHWH.
OET (OET-RV) Some months later, Kayin brought some of what he’d grown in the ground as an offering to Yahweh,
Note 1 topic: writing-newevent
וַֽיְהִ֖י מִקֵּ֣ץ יָמִ֑ים
and=he/it_was from_the=end/extremity days
These phrases introduce an important new event. Consider what is the best way to do that in your language. Alternate translation: “Then one day it happened that” or “As time went on one day”
וַיָּבֵ֨א קַ֜יִן
and=he/it_brought Qayin/(Cain)
Alternate translation: “Cain offered”
מִפְּרִ֧י הָֽאֲדָמָ֛ה
from_the=fruit the=soil
The word fruit is general here and refers to any edible plant or crop that grows as the result of being cultivated. Make sure that is clear in your translation. Alternate translation: “some of the crops that he had raised in his fields” or “some of the edible plants that he had harvested from his fields”
Note 2 topic: translate-key-terms
מִנְחָ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה
donation/offering to/for=YHWH
The term offering refers to something that is given. Alternate translation: “to Yahweh as an gift to worship him.”
4:3 There was nothing wrong with offering grain to the Lord (Lev 2:14; Deut 26:2-4), but Cain brought only a token gift (some of his crops), whereas God requires the first and best (Exod 23:16, 19; 34:22, 26). Cain’s heart attitude made his offering inferior to Abel’s (cp. Heb 11:4).
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was from_the_end/extremity of_days and_he/it_brought Qayin/(Cain) from_the_fruit the_soil an_offering to/for_YHWH.
OET (OET-RV) Some months later, Kayin brought some of what he’d grown in the ground as an offering to Yahweh,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.