Fran Snyder here suggests that the story is not about Cain and Abel, but the voice of Eve's grief.
She makes something of the inclusio so I have shown the relevant recurring words below. (There's a bug in my table refusing columns to some rows! but the result is clear anyway.)
| Word / Gloss | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | Vs | Stem | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| והאדם and the one from the humus | ░ | 1 | אדם | |||||||||||
| ידע knew | ░ | 1 | ידע | |||||||||||
| את -- | 1 | את | ||||||||||||
| אשתו his wife | ░ | 1 | אשה | |||||||||||
| ותלד and she gave birth to | ░ | 1 | ילד | |||||||||||
| את -- | 1 | את | ||||||||||||
| קין Cain | ░ | 1 | קין | |||||||||||
| את with | 1 | את | ||||||||||||
| יהוה Yahweh | 1 | יהוה | ||||||||||||
| ללדת gave birth to | ░ | 2 | ילד | |||||||||||
| את -- | 2 | את | ||||||||||||
| את to | 2 | את | ||||||||||||
| הבל Abel | ░ | 2 | הבל | |||||||||||
| ויהי and was | ░ | 2 | היה | |||||||||||
| הבל Abel | ░ | 2 | הבל | |||||||||||
| וקין but Cain | ░ | 2 | קין | |||||||||||
| היה was | ░ | 2 | היה | |||||||||||
| אדמה the ground | ░ | 2 | אדם | |||||||||||
| וידע and knew | ░ | 25 | ידע | |||||||||||
| אדם Adam | ░ | 25 | אדם | |||||||||||
| את -- | 25 | את | ||||||||||||
| אשתו his wife | ░ | 25 | אשה | |||||||||||
| ותלד and she gave birth to | ░ | 25 | ילד | |||||||||||
| בן a son | ░ | 25 | בן | |||||||||||
| ותקרא and she called | ░ | 25 | קרא | |||||||||||
| את -- | 25 | את | ||||||||||||
| שמו his name | ░ | 25 | שם | |||||||||||
| שת Seth | ░ | 25 | שית | |||||||||||
| כי for | 25 | כי | ||||||||||||
| שת imposed | ░ | 25 | שית | |||||||||||
| הבל Abel | ░ | 25 | הבל | |||||||||||
| כי for | 25 | כי | ||||||||||||
| קין Cain | ░ | 25 | קין | |||||||||||
| ולשת and to Seth | ░ | 26 | שית | |||||||||||
| ילד was born | ░ | 26 | ילד | |||||||||||
| בן a son | ░ | 26 | בן | |||||||||||
| ויקרא and he called | ░ | 26 | קרא | |||||||||||
| את -- | 26 | את | ||||||||||||
| שמו his name | ░ | 26 | שם | |||||||||||
| לקרא to call | ░ | 26 | קרא | |||||||||||
| בשם in the name of | ░ | 26 | שם | |||||||||||
| יהוה Yahweh | 26 | יהוה |
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