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Verse Genesis 4:23. _AND LAMECH SAID UNTO HIS WIVES_] The speech of
Lamech to his wives is in hemistichs in the original, and
consequently, as nothing of this kind occurs before this time, it is
very...
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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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HEAR... HEARKEN. Refers to Genesis 3:17. Lamech was in greater danger
than Adam. Adam had only one wife, Lamech had two. Hear _my_ voice,
emph. on "my".
I HAVE. continuous present. May be rendered th...
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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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_a man for wounding me_ Lamech boasts that he has slain a man who had
wounded him and a young man who had bruised him. Whether "a man" and
"a young man" are the same person, or whether they mean a man...
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The Song of the Sword. These verses are written in a poetical style,
with the parallelism of clauses characteristic of Hebrew poetry. It is
the first instance of Hebrew poetical composition in the Bib...
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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 SAID UNTO HIS WIVES, ADAH AND ZILLAH, HEAR MY VOICE; YE
WIVES OF LAMECH, HEARKEN UNTO MY SPEECH: FOR I HAVE SLAIN A MAN TO MY
WOUNDING, AND A YOUNG MAN TO MY HURT._
Lamech said unto his w...
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4:23 bruise. (d-35) Or 'to my wounding,' 'to my bruising.'...
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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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I HAVE SLAIN, etc.] RM 'I will slay a man for wounding me, and a young
man for bruising me' On this rendering it would seem that Lamech,
rejoicing, perhaps, in his son's invention of weapons, boasts t...
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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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LAMECH SAID... — Following quickly upon music, we have poetry, but
it is in praise of ferocity, and gives utterance to the pride of one
who, by means of the weapons forged by his son, had taken violen...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר לֶ֜מֶךְ לְ נָשָׁ֗יו
עָדָ֤ה וְ
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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 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 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 said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye
wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: (r) for I have slain a man to
my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
(r) His wives seeing...
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Said. This is the most ancient piece of poetry with which we are
acquainted. (Fleury.) --- Lamech may be considered as the father of
poets. (Haydock) --- I have slain a man, &c. It is the tradition of...
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And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name
Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
Enos signifying wretchedness; in allusion, perhaps. to the fallen
state ()...
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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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23._Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech_. The intention of Moses is to
describe the ferocity of this man, who was, however, the fifth in
descent from the fratricide Cain, in order to teach us, that, so...
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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 SAID UNTO HIS WIVES, ADAH AND ZILLAH,.... Confessing what
he had done, or boasting what he would do should he be attacked; or in
order to make his wives easy, who might fear from his fierce...
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And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye
wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my
wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
Ver. 23. _And Lamech sai...
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Gen. 4:23, 24. "And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, here
my voice, ye wives of Lamech,… I have slain a man," etc. The
probable design of the Holy Spirit in relating this, is to show the
g...
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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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And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye
wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech; for I have slain a man to my
wounding and a young man to my hurt....
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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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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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ADAH AND ZILLAH, observing his fierceness and cruelty, feared that the
vengeance of God or men would fall upon him, and upon them for his
sake. Be it so that I have slain a man, and that a young man,...
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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 4:23 Lamech H3929 said H559 (H8799) wives H802 Adah H5711
Zillah H6741 hear H8085 (H8798) voice...
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‘And Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice,
you wives of Lamech listen to what I say, I have slain a man for
wounding me, a young man for striking me, if Cain is avenged
sevenfold,...
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TO MY WOUNDING
Or, who wounded me. Cain had slain an unoffending man and yet was
protected by Jehovah; how much more Lamech, who had slain in
self-defence....
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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 4:23 Lamech KILLED A MAN merely for WOUNDING
or STRIKING him. His response is out of proportion to the injury.
sevenfold... seventy
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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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hear. Numbers 23:18 Judges 9:7 Judges 9:7 to my hurt. or, in my hurt....
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This passage is extremely obscure. We know not whom he slew, or on
what occasion: neither what ground he had to be so confident of the
Divine protection....