Genesis 4:17-26

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 4:19

two. The first polygamist. read more

E.W. Bullinger

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

E.W. Bullinger

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

E.W. Bullinger

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 4:17

"And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bare Enoch: he builded a city and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.""He builded a city ..." according to Aalders, should be translated "He was building a city."[22] There is no record of his having completed the city mentioned here. The fanciful notion that Cain built some magnificent metropolis should be summarily rejected. The city that he built, or was trying to build, was probably nothing more than a stronghold base... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 4:18

"And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael; and Mahujael begat Methushael; and Methushael begat Lamech."The similarity of some of the names in this genealogy to some of those in the genealogy of Seth is used as an excuse for some to claim that these are actually garbled accounts of the same genealogies, but there is no evidence whatever to support such a view. The very variations in the names used demonstrates their belonging to separate lines. Besides, as Willis expressed it, "The... read more

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