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- Section IV - The Family of Adam
- Cain and Abel
1. קין _qayı̂n_, Qain (Cain), “spear-shaft,” and קנה
_qānah_, “set up, establish, gain, buy,” contain the biliteral
root קן _qan_, “set up, erect, g...
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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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The Story of Cain and Abel. This belongs to the J cycle of stories,
but apparently not to the same stratum as Genesis 4:3, for it is
assumed that the earth has a population from which Cain fears
venge...
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III. THE MURDERER'S DOOM.
11. NOW ART THOU CURSED FROM THE EARTH.
Life was held so sacred that, at first, even the murderer did not
forfeit his life, but in the covenant with Noah it was enacted that...
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_from the ground_ The meaning is not quite obvious. Probably, we
should not understand, that the curse is to come from the ground upon
Cain, but that Cain is driven by Jehovah's curse from the ground....
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PART SEVENTEEN
THE BEGINNING OF TRUE RELIGION
(Genesis 4:1-15)
1. _Preliminary Definitions_
It is doubtful that there is a more ambiguous word in our language
today than the word religion. It has li...
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_AND NOW ART THOU CURSED FROM THE EARTH, WHICH HATH OPENED HER MOUTH
TO RECEIVE THY BROTHER'S BLOOD FROM THY HAND;_ NOW ART THOU CURSED
FROM THE EARTH. Here a curse is added to the general one denounc...
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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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THE EARTH] RV 'the ground.' Cain is banished from the ground which he
had formerly tilled and had now polluted, to the wide world (Genesis
4:12), a sterner punishment than that of Adam and Eve....
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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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Cain deserved to die, but God did not kill Cain. Instead, he sent Cain
away so that Cain would not kill anyone else. And God protected Cain
so that nobody else would kill Cain. (See verse 15.) So Cain...
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AND NOW (BECAUSE OF THY CRIME) ART THOU CURSED FROM THE EARTH. —
Heb., _from the adâmâh, o_r cultivated ground. Cain was the first
human being on whom a curse was inflicted, and it was to rise up from...
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וְ עַתָּ֖ה אָר֣וּר אָ֑תָּה מִן ־הָֽ
אֲדָמָה֙
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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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HE YET SPEAKS!
Abel is dead, but he still speaks (Hebrews 11:4). His blood calls for
vengeance, thus speaking (Hebrews 12:24; Genesis 4:10). However, it
seems he speaks more clearly through his exampl...
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And now [art] thou cursed (k) from the earth, which hath opened her
mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
(k) The earth will be a witness against you, which mercifully received
the bloo...
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And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,
vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark
upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
Revelation 14:11; Reve...
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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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11._And now art thou cursed from the earth_. Cain, having been
convicted of the crime, judgment is now pronounced against him. And
first, God constitutes the earth the minister of his vengeance, as
ha...
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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 NOW [ART] THOU CURSED FROM THE EARTH,.... From receiving benefit
by it, and enjoying the fruits of it as before, and from having a
settled dwelling in it, as is afterwards explained:
WHICH HATH O...
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And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth
to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
Ver. 11. _And now thou art cursed._] The Pope contrarily blesses and
saints traitor...
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_And now art thou cursed_ 1st, Separated to all evil, laid under the
wrath of God, as it is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
and _unrighteousness of men._ 2d, He is cursed _from the earth....
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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 now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to
receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. The curse of God rested
upon Cain in such a way that it denied him a form of sustenanc...
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GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON CAIN...
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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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8-15 Malice in the heart ends in murder by the hands. Cain slew Abel,
his own brother, his own mother's son, whom he ought to have loved;
his younger brother, whom he ought to have protected; a good...
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As the earth was cursed for thy father's sake, so now art thou cursed
in thy own person; FROM THE EARTH, or, _in regard of the earth, _
which shall grudge thee both its fruits and a certain dwelling-p...
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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 4:11 cursed H779 (H8803) earth H127 opened H6475 (H8804) mouth
H6310 receive H3947 (H8800) brothers...
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‘And now you are cursed from the ground which has opened its mouth
to receive the blood of your brother from your hand.'
What dreadful seed Cain has sown, and what dreadful consequences it
will bring....
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THE STORY OF CAIN AND ABEL (GENESIS 4:1 TO GENESIS 5:1 A).
Genesis 4:1. The Sin of Cain TABLET III
It is quite clear that this section once existed separately from
Genesis 2-3. The immediate and last...
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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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Genesis 4:8
Sin finds in the very constitution of the human mind the enginery of
its own retribution.
I. The very consciousness of sin is destructive of a sinner's peace.
II. Sin tends to develop s...
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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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_A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be_
CAIN CURSED BY GOD
“Cursed art THOU.
” Fearful words, coming straight from the lips of God into the very
ear of man, standing in the presence of God. No lig...
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_Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground_
THE STORY OF CAIN AND ABEL
I. RELIGION ACTUATED MEN IN THE VERY EARLIEST TIMES.
II. THE MERE NATURAL RELIGION IS ESSENTIALLY DEFECT...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 4:10 Because his brother’s blood cries out
to God FROM THE GROUND, Cain will no longer be able to cultivate the
soil. As seen throughout Scripture, human sin has an impact on t...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 4:9_
THE BITTER CURSE WHICH SIN BRINGS UPON AN INDIVIDUAL LIFE
We have been thoroughly educated in the nature and effects of sin by
the sacred narrative, n...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 4:1
Exiled from Eden, o'er, canopied by grace, animated by hope, assured
of the Divine forgiveness, and filled with a sweet peace, the first
pair enter on their life experience of...
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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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Genesis 4:14 Genesis 3:14 Deuteronomy 27:16 Deuteronomy 28:15...
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SEEING CHRIST IN CAIN AND ABEL
Genesis 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Cain and Abel came by natural generation. The only human beings God
ever created were Adam and Eve. They were created with the power...
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CAIN AND ABEL
Genesis 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It falls to our lot to connect the links between our last study and
today's.
1. WE HAVE ADAM NAMING HIS WIFE, "EVE." Here is the Scripture: "And
Adam ca...
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And now art thou cursed from the earth — 1. He is cursed, separated
to all evil, laid under the wrath of God, as it is revealed from
heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. 2. He is...