Genesis 4

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 4:26

Enos i.e. mortal. call upon the name Or, call themselves by the name of Jehovah. Contra. Genesis 12:8; Genesis 26:25. read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Genesis 4:9

Am I My Brother’s Keeper? by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) “Am I my brother’s keeper?”--Genesis 4:9 Cain displayed a shameful tone of presumptuous impudence in his insulting reply to the Lord God. If it had not been on record in the page of inspiration, we might almost have doubted whether a man could speak so impudently when actually conscious that God himself was addressing him. Men blaspheme often in a most terrible fashion, but it is usually because they forget God, and ignore his presence;... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:1-26

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, I have gotten a man from the Lord ( Genesis 4:1 ).Now there are always people who are ready to make up theories concerning how certain things happened or what certain things were. But let me say wherever the Bible is silent it is best that we be silent. I'm not really interested in conjecturing on... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 4:1-26

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 could no more create his own wisdom than Eve could create Cain. See Proverbs 8:22, and Sirach 24. Cain; that is, a possession. Abel; that is, vanity. Augustine makes Cain to be a figure of the men of this world, who have their good things in the present life. Abel he regards as a figure of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:1-16

Genesis 4:1-16Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the groundThe story of Cain and AbelI.RELIGION ACTUATED MEN IN THE VERY EARLIEST TIMES. II. THE MERE NATURAL RELIGION IS ESSENTIALLY DEFECTIVE. 1. In its offerings. 2. In the power which it exercises over the passions. 3. In its sympathy (Genesis 4:9). III. SPIRITUAL RELIGION ALONE COMMENDS A MAN TO GOD. This is illustrated in the life of Abel. 1. He possessed faith. 2. He offered an acceptable sacrifice to God. 3. Spiritual... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:4-5

Genesis 4:4-5The Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering; but unto Cain and to his offering He had not respectThe two offeringsI.THE CAUSE OF CAIN’S REJECTION. His total want of the true spirit of faith. Too inflated with pride to see and confess himself a grievous sinner. Could not bring himself to believe the plan God had formed for the salvation of mankind. Preferred his own kind of offering to that ordained by God. II. THE CAUSE OF ABEL’S ACCEPTANCE. Abel believed the word of his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:8

Genesis 4:8Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew himThe first murderI.IT WAS THE MURDER OF ONE BROTHER BY ANOTHER. We should have thought that the members of this small family could have lived on amicable terms with each other. We should never have dreamed of murder in their midst. See here:--1. The power of envy. 2. The ambition of selfishness. 3. The quick development of passion. II. IT WAS OCCASIONED BY ENVY IN THE RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT OF LIFE. Brothers ought to rejoice in the moral... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:9

Genesis 4:9Am I my brother’s keeper?Exaggerated individualismThe feeling of our sonship to God in Christ is a topic which requires to be constantly dwelt upon, because our conventional acceptance of such a relationship is apt to be compatible with a life which has no real apprehension of it. I. Of the dangers which are partly rooted in our animal nature and partly fostered and intensified by the drift of our time, the one likely to press most heavily on us is that of exaggerated Individualism.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:10

Genesis 4:10The voice of thy brother’s blood criethThe first prayer on recordGod taught Cain that all facts which take place here, are recorded too; aye, that they need no kind of attendant watcher, who supervising their proceedings shall note them in a book (though for ought we know to the contrary, this is true as well); but that they each have that peculiar quality attached by God to themselves that not a deed of any kind can happen but it becomes a witness in itself and bears record of its... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:11-12

Genesis 4:11-12A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou beCain 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 lightning bursting on him from the clouds could be half so terrible. The blessing is revoked, and the curse goes forth. It is a curse because of innocent blood, as if foreshowing the curses which the shedding of innocent blood was yet to bring upon men. This curse is represented as coming up... read more

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 4:26

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Genesis 4:9

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:1-26

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 4:1-26

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:1-16

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:4-5

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:8

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:9

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:10

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:11-12

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