4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: {h} [Am] I my brother’s keeper?(h) This is the nature of the reprobate when they are rebuke for their hypocrisy, even to neglect God and outrage him. read more
4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the {i} voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. {i} God avenges the wrongs against his saints, though no one complains: for the iniquity itself cries for vengeance. read more
4:11 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 blood you most cruelly shed. read more
4:12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a {l} fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.(l) You will never have rest for your heart will be in continual fear and worry. read more
4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, {m} My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.(m) He burdens God as a cruel judge because he punished him so severely. read more
4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, {n} vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a {o} mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.(n) Not for the love he had for Cain, but to suppress murder.(o) Which was some visible sign of God’s judgment, that others should fear by it. read more
4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a {p} city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.(p) Thinking by this to be safe, and to have less reason to fear God’s judgments against him. read more
4:19 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 corrupted in the house of Cain by Lamech. read more
4:23 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 that all men hated him for his cruelty, were afraid, therefore he brags that there is none strong enough to resist, even though he was already wounded. read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 4:7
4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be {e} accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the {f} door. And unto thee [shall be] his {g} desire, and thou shalt rule over him.(e) Both you and your sacrifice shall be acceptable to me.(f) Sin will still torment your conscience.(g) The dignity of the first born is given to Cain over Abel. read more