1 Clement 4.6

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

Summary: Cain killed his brother.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:14

καὶ εἶπεν Κάϊν πρὸς Ἄβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ· Διέλθωμεν εἰς τὸ πεδίον. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, ἀνέστη Κάϊν ἐπὶ Ἄβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτόν.

English · Claude translation

And Cain said to Abel his brother, ‘Let us go out into the field.’ And it came to pass, while they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.”

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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 4:8 · quotation, high confidence

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1 Clem. 4.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/6/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 4.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/4/6/).

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