The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:15
Genesis 4:15The Lord set a mark upon Cain.The mark upon CainWhat this mark was we cannot tell. It might be his name affixed by the pen of the lightning in red characters upon his brow, or it might simply be the stain of his brother’s blood left by his own fingers, which he had raised up while yet wet and reeking to cover his forehead, rendered miraculously indelible; or it might be some general aspect of grief and guilt, which told too plainly that he had become the first murderer; or, perhaps,... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:13-14
Genesis 4:13-14My punishment is greater than I can hearCain’s despair1.Behold, Thou hast cast me out this day from (or from upon)the face of the ground. Thou hast driven me! He sees it to be Jehovah’s own doing. He who drove Adam out of paradise, now drives Cain out of Eden. Adam’s sin brought expulsion from the inner circle, Cain’s from the outer. He is to be cast out from the land where he had been born, where was his home; from the ground which he had tilled. He was now doubly banished;... read more