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Verse Genesis 4:19. _LAMECH TOOK - TWO WIVES_] He was the first who
dared to reverse the order of God by introducing polygamy; and from
him it has been _retained_, practised, and defended to the prese...
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- XIX. The Line of Cain
17. חניך _ch__e__nôk_, Chanok, “initiation, instruction.”
18. עירד _‛__ı̂yrād_, ‘Irad, “fleet as the wild ass,
citizen.” מחוּיאל _m__e_
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CHAPTER 4
After the Fall and the Two Seeds
_ 1. Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1)_
2. Their offerings (Genesis 4:3)
3. The divine remonstrance (Genesis 4:6)
4. Abel slain by his brother ...
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Cainite and Sethite Genealogies.
Genesis 4:17 probably belongs to the earliest stratum of J, in which
the progress of civilisation is not interrupted by the Flood, and the
human race is derived from A...
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TWO. The first polygamist....
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The Descendants of Cain: The Genealogy of the Cainites. (J.)
See the Special Note on "the Antediluvian Patriarchs," see below. The
traditions preserved in this section probably belong to a different...
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_Lamech_ The seventh of the Cainite line has three sons, as Noah, the
tenth of the Sethite line, has three sons.
_two wives_ Lamech is the first recorded instance of polygamy. The
custom, prevalent in...
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LAMECH TOOK UNTO HIM TWO WIVES, &C.— This account of Lamech has been
the subject of much inquiry; and indeed it is very difficult to be
understood. "That Lamech had used force against some other man,...
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PART EIGHTEEN
THE BEGINNINGS OF HUMAN CULTURE
(Genesis 4:16-24)
1. _The Patriarchal Age_
The story of Cain and Abel introduces the Patriarchal form of
government and worship. Family government is th...
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_AND LAMECH TOOK UNTO HIM TWO WIVES: THE NAME OF THE ONE WAS ADAH, AND
THE NAME OF THE OTHER ZILLAH._
Lamech took unto him two wives. The irreligious and sensual character
of the Cainites reached its...
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The first mention of polygamy in the Bible. The custom of having more
than one wife does not seem to have been uncommon among the Hebrews,
and we find legislation on the subject in Deuteronomy 21:15 b...
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CAIN AND ABEL. THE DESCENDANTS OF CAIN
The narrative, which forms part of the Primitive document,
impressively shows how sin, having once appeared, became hereditary in
the human race, and speedily de...
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We do not know whether this list of names is complete. Perhaps it
leaves out some names. The word ‘son’ in the Bible sometimes means
‘grandson’ and it sometimes means ‘*descendant’. (For example,
Jesu...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 4
CAIN KILLS ABEL
V1 Adam had sex with his wife Eve and she became *pregnant. Her son
Cain was born. She said, ‘I have gained a man by the *Lord’...
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God had said, ‘A man and his wife join. Then the two people become
one body.’ (See Genesis 2:24.) So God intended that a man should
have only one wife. Lamech was the first man to have more than one
w...
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(19-22) LAMECH TOOK UNTO HIM TWO WIVES. — Whether polygamy began
with Lamech is uncertain, but it is in keeping with the insolent
character of the man. The names of his wives bear testimony to the
exi...
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וַ יִּֽקַּֽח ־לֹ֥ו לֶ֖מֶךְ שְׁתֵּ֣י
נָשִׁ֑ים...
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CAIN AND ABEL
Genesis 4:1
IT is not the purpose of this narrator to write the history of the
world. It is not his purpose to write even the history of mankind. His
object is to write the history of r...
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CAIN'S LINE, AND ENOCH
Genesis 4:12
"MY punishment is greater than I can bear," so felt Cain as soon as
his passion had spent itself and the consequences of his wickedness
became apparent-and so feel...
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CAIN'S CAREER
Genesis 4:9
God's first question to the soul is, “Adam, where art thou?” The
next, “Where is thy brother?” We _are_ our brother's keepers. All
related to us, within our reach, or needin...
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The degeneration of the first man and woman was transmitted, the
firstborn being manifestly an inheritor of the fallen nature of his
parents. His mother named him Cain, intimating a hope that the seed...
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SIN GROWS WORSE
Cain went to live in the land of Nod with his wife. Many have wondered
where he found a wife. While the text does not tell us specifically,
we do know Adam named the woman Eve because...
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And Lamech took unto him (q) two wives: the name of the one [was]
Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
(q) The lawful institution of marriage, which is, that two should be
one flesh, was first cor...
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Two wives. Lamech first transgressed the law of having only one wife
at a time. (chap. ii. 24.) None before the deluge is mentioned as
having followed his example, even among the abandoned sons of men...
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There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention
may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with
facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
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_AN EARLY CHAUVINIST_
‘And Lamech took unto him two wives,’ etc.
Genesis 4:19
Here we have I. A VIOLATOR OF THE DIVINE LAW OF MARRIAGE.—Monogamy
was the Divine law of marriage, and in all likelihoo...
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19._And Lamech took unto him two wives_. We have here the origin of
polygamy in a perverse and degenerate race; and the first author of
it, a cruel man, destitute of all humanity. Whether he had been...
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But grace could work. The grace of a God above the evil of man, and
Abel approaches Him by faith. Hereon follows the separation of the
families of God and of the enemy, of the world and of faith. Abel...
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AND LAMECH TOOK UNTO HIM TWO WIVES,.... He was the first we read of
that introduced polygamy, contrary to the first institution of
marriage, whereby only one man and one woman were to be joined
togeth...
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And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah,
and the name of the other Zillah.
Ver. 19. _Lamech took unto himself._] As his own lust led him, not
caring for consent of parents....
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_Lamech took two wives_ It was one of the degenerate race of Cain who
first transgressed the original law of marriage, that _two only should
be one flesh_, and introduced a custom which still subsists...
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1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel.
8 The murder of Abel.
9 The curse of Cain.
17 Enoch the first citie.
19 Lamech and his two wiues.
25 The birth of Seth,
26 and Enos.
1 AND Ada...
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THE PASSOVER AND THE OFFERING WHICH FOLLOWED IT
These are the feasts of the Lord, in the narrower sense, EVEN HOLY
CONVOCATIONS, WHICH YE SHALL PROCLAIM IN THEIR SEASONS. This
instruction was carried...
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And Lamech took unto him two wives; the name of the one was Adah and
the name of the other Zillah. It was a descendant of Cain that first
changed the order of God with regard to monogamy. He married t...
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SECOND SECTION
_Cain and Abel. The Cainites. The ungodly Worldliness of the First
Civilization._
GENESIS 4:1-26
1And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived, and bare Cain [the
gotten, or possessi...
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CAIN AND ABEL
Adam and Eve, having acquired a sinful nature, could only communicate
the same nature to their children. Their firstborn was named Cain,
which means "smith" or "fabricator," one who plan...
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19-24 One of Cain's wicked race is the first recorded, as having
broken the law of marriage. Hitherto, one man had but one wife at a
time; but Lamech took two. Wordly things, are the only things that...
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LAMECH, the wicked branch of that cursed root of Cain, TOOK UNTO HIM
TWO WIVES, against God's first institution, GENESIS 2:24 ZECHARIAH
2:15, and without God's leave....
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& Genesis 5:1-32
As each section of the Book of Genesis opens before us, we are
furnished with fresh evidence of the fact that we are travelling over,
what a recent writer has well termed, "the seed-...
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Genesis 4:19 Lamech H3929 took H3947 (H8799) two H8147 wives H802 name
H8034 one H259 Adah H5711 name...
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‘And Lamech took two wives, the name of the one was Adah, and the
name of the other was Zillah.'
Here we have the first suggestion of someone having more than one
wife. It may have been a boast to La...
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Genesis 4
I.
From the story of Cain we gather the following thoughts:
I. Eve's disappointment at the birth of Cain should be a warning to
all mothers. Over-estimate of children may be traced somet...
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CONTENTS: First sons of Adam, Cain and Abel. Murder of Abel. First
civilization. Birth of Seth.
CHARACTERS: Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Seth.
CONCLUSION: Attainment can never take the place of Atonement....
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Genesis 4:1. _I have gotten._ קניתי _kaniti,_ from the root
_kana,_ he possessed. The LXX have betrayed their ignorance of the
Eternal Word, or Wisdom, by frequently rendering this word _created._
God...
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_Built a city_
THE FIRST CITY
It was a very decided step towards civilization, when the idea of
building a city was first conceived and realized.
The roaming life of the homeless savage was abandone...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 4:18 LAMECH’s immediate descendants are
associated with animal breeding, music, and metalwork. Whereas Abel is
linked to sheep (v. Genesis 4:2),...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 4:23. Adah and Zillah.] Probably the oldest fragment of poetry
extant. With a slight freedom of translation, we may perhaps thus
approach the metrical cast of the original:—...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 4:17
Domiciled in Nod, whither, impelled by woman's love, his wife had
accompanied him, the unhappy fugitive began to seek, if not to find,
relief from the gnawing agonies of remor...
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Lets turn to Genesis Chapter four.
Adam and Eve have been expelled from the Garden of Eden because of
their disobedience to God.
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and
said...
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And Lamech took two wives — It was one of the degenerate race of
Cain who first transgressed that original law of marriage, that two
only should be one flesh. Jabal was a famous shepherd; he delighted...
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Does the Bible approve of polygamy? (See comments on 1 Kings 11:1)...