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Radak on Genesis : Creation, Humanity, and Torah ■ 167 “She conceived and bore Cain ( Qayin ) , saying, ‘I have produced ( qaniti ) a man with the Lord’” – Human offspring consist of three types . A person who works the earth bears the designation “Cain” ( cf . 4 : 3 ) . Regarding matters that demand intellectual engagement, a person of this type is animal - like to some degree . The reason the text calls such a person Cain ( Qayin ) is that qinyan may denote “working the earth”—as it says [ in Zechariah ] , “I work the earth because I was taught to work it ( hiqnani ) from my youth” ( 13 : 5 ) —the phrase implying not only working the actual earth but also [ other activities that yield ] sustenance for the body, including the tending of The livestock ( miqneh ) and most dealings and [ material ] acquisitions ( qinyan ) . 171 woman says “I have produced ( qaniti ) a man with the Lord,” accordingly, because she specific individuals, alludes esoterically to the process that yields a popu...
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