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1 And Adam knew 136 Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, 137 and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.138
136. his is a Biblical euphemism for sexual relations. The Bible is full of euphemisms. The use of "Lord" in place of "Yahveh" is a euphemism, for that matter.