unfoldingWord_en_tn/gen/04/08.md

# [Cain](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/cain) spoke to [Abel](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abel) his brother.

Some early translations tell explicitly what [Cain](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/cain) said to his brother. You may want to do the same if it is present in your national version. AT: "[Cain](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/cain) said to [Abel](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abel) his brother, 'Let us go into the fields.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-textvariants]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# brother

[Abel](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abel) was [Cain](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/cain)'s younger brother. Some languages may need to use the word for "younger brother." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# rose up against

Standing up to fight against a person is an idiom for attacking him. AT: "attacked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00			`# [Cain](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/cain) spoke to [Abel](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abel) his brother.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00			`Some early translations tell explicitly what [Cain](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/cain) said to his brother. You may want to do the same if it is present in your national version. AT: "[Cain](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/cain) said to [Abel](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abel) his brother, 'Let us go into the fields.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-textvariants]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# brother`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00			`[Abel](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abel) was [Cain](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/cain)'s younger brother. Some languages may need to use the word for "younger brother." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# rose up against`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Standing up to fight against a person is an idiom for attacking him. AT: "attacked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00