Key Words
Words used frequently in the parshah include: God, gods (67 times), man, men (41 times),said (37 times), Lord (the Name of God) (36 times), day, days (35 times), begot (31 times), years (30 times), live, lived, living (26 times), hundred (25 times), eat, eaten (20 times), tree, trees (20 times), call, called (17 times), name, names (17 times), Cain (16 times), made (16 times), good (15 times), ground (15 times), let (15 times), garden (13 times), light, lights (13 times), water, waters, watered (13 times), daughters (12 times), created (11 times), see, saw (11 times), woman (11 times), fruit, fruitful (10 times), Lamech (10 times), and Adam (9 times).
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