Genesis 4

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 4:22

Tubal-cain, whom (as the learned conceive, and the agreement of the name and function makes probable) the heathens worshipped by the name of Vulcan, the god of smiths; and his sister Naamah, by the name of Venus. He first taught men how to make arms, and other instruments of iron. Naamah; so called from her beauty, which her name signifies. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 4:23

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, why do you concern yourselves in it? It is to my own wounding and hurt, not to yours; I must suffer for it, not you. Some take this to be a sorrowful confession of his bloody crime: q.d. I have murdered a man, to my wounding, &c. i.e. to my utter ruin, or to the wounding and grief of my heart... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 4:24

If the slaughter of Cain shall be punished in him that shall kill him, whosoever he be, my death shall be much more certainly and severely revenged by God upon any man that shall murder me. These words may be either, 1. A profane scoff: q.d. Since Cain, my father and pattern in murder, was so far from being punished by the hand of God, that he had a special protection from him that no man should dare to touch him, I (whose murder is not so heinous as his was) shall not fare worse than he, and... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 4:25

She gave the name, but not without Adam's consent, Genesis 5:3. She spoke by Divine inspiration. Note that the word seed is used of one single person here, and Genesis 21:13; Genesis 38:8; which confirms the apostle's argument, Galatians 3:16. Instead of Abel; to succeed his father Adam, as Abel should have done in the priesthood, and administration and care of holy things in the church of God. read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 4:26

Enos properly signifies a miserable man, to note the great wickedness and wretchedness of that generation, which the Hebrew writers generally observe. To call upon the name of the Lord; to pray unto God, to worship God in a more public and solemn manner; praying being here put for the whole worship of God, as Genesis 12:8; Genesis 26:25, and in many other places. According to the marginal version, the sense is this: Then when the world was universally corrupt, and had forsaken God and his... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 4:1-2

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Genesis 4:1-2DOMESTIC LIFEI. That it is designed for the numerical increase of humanity. The position of Adam and Eve prior to the birth of their two sons was unique. They were alone in the great world. In Eden they would not be so deeply conscious of this solitude, as there their solitude was filled with God and holy thoughts. But, now, in their altered condition of life, they would feel more keenly the need of earthly companionship. Their intercourse with... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 4:3-8

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 4:7. Sin lieth at the door.] Rather: “A sin-offering is crouching at the door, or (more generally) opening”: e.g. “at the opening, or entrance, of thy brother’s fold.” This exegesis supplies a point of departure for the words which immediately follow, and which otherwise seem exceedingly abrupt. The connecting link may be shown by the following paraphrase:—“Though, in order to do well, thou must needs own thyself a sinner, and be indebted to thy brother for a... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 4:9-16

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Genesis 4:9-16THE BITTER CURSE WHICH SIN BRINGS UPON AN INDIVIDUAL LIFEWe have been thoroughly educated in the nature and effects of sin by the sacred narrative, not by philosophical instruction, but by the interesting events and transactions of daily life. We saw in the garden that sin consisted in a wandering thought from the word of God, and also in disobedience to the divine command; now we behold it in full development, as a dire passion, and as a social... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 4:16-18

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Genesis 4:16-18THE FUTURE OF A GOD-FORSAKEN LIFEI. That a God-forsaken man is not cut off from the mitigating influences of domestic life. 1. Here the future of the cursed life has some relief. Cain had his wife to share his sorrow, and, for all we know, to help him in it. The domestic relationship is a great relief and comfort to a sad life. When all goes wrong without, it can find a refuge at home. 2. The children of a cursed life are placed at a moral... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 4:19-26

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:—“Adah and Zillah! hear ye my voice,Ye wives of Lamech! give ear to my tale:A MAN have I slain in dealing my wounds,Yea, a YOUTH in striking my blows:Since SEVENFOLD is to be the avenging of Cain,Then, OF LAMECH, seventy and seven!”MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Genesis 4:19-26LAMECHGenesis 4:23-24.... read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 4:22

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 4:23

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 4:24

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 4:25

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 4:26

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 4:1-2

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 4:3-8

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 4:9-16

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 4:16-18

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 4:19-26

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