E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 4:20
Jabal = flowing. and = the Figure of speech Zeugma. ( App-6 .) Supplied here by the italics. read more
Genesis 4
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 4:21
Jubal = joyful sound. organ. Hebrew. 'ugab. The well-known "Pan's pipe". read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 4:22
Tubal-cain = flowing from Cain. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 4:23
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 thus: "I can kill a man for wounding me, And a young man for hurting me. " read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 4:24
Lamech. Supply Ellipsis ( App-6 ), "shall he avenged". read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 4:25
Seth = substituted. Figure of speech Paronomasia . Sheth (Seth) . . . Sheth (appointed). God = Elohim. seed = son, by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause). read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 4:26
Enos = trail, incurable. began. See notes on next page. began. Not began to worship: for Abel worshipped, and others, doubtless, long before. But here: "began to call upon [their gods] by the name of Jehovah, "or "began profanely to call upon the name of the Lord" (see App-21 ). Enos, though the son of Seth, is included here because he went in "the way of Cain". read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 4
This chapter details the tragic story of two Adamic brothers, Cain and Abel, in whose lives there appeared a dramatic acceleration of the disastrous consequences of the Fall, just related in the preceding chapter. Not even the source-splitting critics dared tamper with the placement of this chapter, despite the use of a different name for God. Not only is it a logical development and consequence of events in Genesis 3, but it lays down the basis for the destruction of the world in the Great... read more
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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 4:1
And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah."And the man knew Eve ..." is an expression used in the Bible for sexual intercourse, but it does not mean that this was the first such action on their part, for it is used repeatedly in the same sense, as in Genesis 4:25."I have gotten a man with (the help of) Jehovah ..." The italic words are not in the text, making possible an alternate rendition: "I have gotten a man, even... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 4:19
two. The first polygamist. read more