unfoldingWord_en_tn/gen/04/03.md

# It came about that

This phrase is used to mark the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using that method here.

# in the course of time

Possible meanings are 1) "after some time had passed" or 2) "at the right time"

# fruit of the ground

This refers to the food that came from plants he had tended. AT: "crops" or "harvest" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# some of the fat

This refers to the fatty parts of the lambs that he had killed, it was the best part of the animal. AT: "some of their fat parts" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# accepted ... did not accept

"looked favorably upon ... did not look favorably upon" or "was pleased with ... was not pleased with"

# was very angry

Some languages have an idiom for anger such as "He burned" or "His anger burned."

# he scowled

This means that the expression on his face showed that he was angry or jealous. Some languages have an idiom that describes what a person's face looks like when he is angry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/cain]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fruit]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sacrifice]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/firstborn]]