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Verse Genesis 4:4. _ABEL, HE ALSO BROUGHT OF THE FIRSTLINGS OF HIS
FLOCK_] Dr. Kennicott contends that the words _he also brought_,
הביא גם הוא hebi gam hu, should be translated, Abel _brought_
IT _a...
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- Section IV - The Family of Adam
- Cain and Abel
1. קין _qayı̂n_, Qain (Cain), “spear-shaft,” and קנה
_qānah_, “set up, establish, gain, buy,” contain the biliteral
root קן _qan_, “set up, erect, g...
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CHAPTER 4
After the Fall and the Two Seeds
_ 1. Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1)_
2. Their offerings (Genesis 4:3)
3. The divine remonstrance (Genesis 4:6)
4. Abel slain by his brother ...
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The Story of Cain and Abel. This belongs to the J cycle of stories,
but apparently not to the same stratum as Genesis 4:3, for it is
assumed that the earth has a population from which Cain fears
venge...
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ABEL.. BROUGHT OF THE FIRSTLINGS OF HIS FLOCK.
Abel likewise brings the products of his own labor, but brings. sin
offering, and "the fat thereof" to be burned upon the altar, as
afterwards directed i...
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BROUGHT: "by faith", Hebrews 11:4, which came by hearing the word of
God (Romans 10:17).
FIRSTLINGS... AND THE FAT. &C. Figure of speech _Hendiadys,_ App-6.
"the firstlings, and the fattest ones too....
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_the firstlings_ i.e. "the firstborn," regarded as the best and
choicest, cf. Exodus 34:19; Numbers 18:17; Proverbs 3:9.
_the fat_ i.e. the fatty portions, which were regarded as choicest for
the purp...
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ABEL, OF THE FIRSTLINGS OF HIS FLOCK, AND OF THE FAT, &C.— Cain's
offering was suitable to his profession, and Abel's was equally so to
his: there does not appear to me any reason of preference on thi...
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PART SEVENTEEN
THE BEGINNING OF TRUE RELIGION
(Genesis 4:1-15)
1. _Preliminary Definitions_
It is doubtful that there is a more ambiguous word in our language
today than the word religion. It has li...
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_AND ABEL, HE ALSO BROUGHT OF THE FIRSTLINGS OF HIS FLOCK AND OF THE
FAT THEREOF. AND THE LORD HAD RESPECT UNTO ABEL AND TO HIS OFFERING:_
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and...
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CAIN AND ABEL. THE DESCENDANTS OF CAIN
The narrative, which forms part of the Primitive document,
impressively shows how sin, having once appeared, became hereditary in
the human race, and speedily de...
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AND THE LORD HAD RESPECT, etc.] The characters of the brothers rather
than their offerings are kept chiefly in view. Many, passages show
that the decisive reason why a worshipper is accepted or reject...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 4
CAIN KILLS ABEL
V1 Adam had sex with his wife Eve and she became *pregnant. Her son
Cain was born. She said, ‘I have gained a man by the *Lord’...
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IN PROCESS OF TIME. — Heb., _at the end of days:_ not at the end of
a week, or a year, or of harvest-time, but of a long indefinite
period, shown by the age of Adam at the birth of Seth to have been
s...
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וְ הֶ֨בֶל הֵבִ֥יא גַם ־ה֛וּא מִ
בְּכֹרֹ֥ות
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CAIN AND ABEL
Genesis 4:1
IT is not the purpose of this narrator to write the history of the
world. It is not his purpose to write even the history of mankind. His
object is to write the history of r...
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OFFERINGS BY CAIN AND ABEL
Genesis 3:22; Genesis 4:1
It was good that man should be driven from Eden. Soft comfort
enervates. The natives of the South Sea Islands are moral pulp. Man
goes forth from...
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The degeneration of the first man and woman was transmitted, the
firstborn being manifestly an inheritor of the fallen nature of his
parents. His mother named him Cain, intimating a hope that the seed...
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Even though Adam and Eve had sinned and been driven out of the garden,
there were moments of joy. Eve conceived and bore Cain. She said, "I
have gotten a man from the Lord" (Genesis 4:1). Her statemen...
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And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the
fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
Proverbs 15:8; Psalms 11:7. See, also, particularly, Hebrews 11...
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There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention
may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with
facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
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_THE DISREGARDED AND THE ACCEPTED OFFERING_
‘And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: but unto
Cain and to his offering He had not respect.’
Genesis 4:4
There are two things which di...
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4._And the Lord had respect unto Abel, etc_. God is said to have
respect unto the man to whom he vouchsafes his favor. We must,
however, notice the order here observed by Moses; for he does not
simply...
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But grace could work. The grace of a God above the evil of man, and
Abel approaches Him by faith. Hereon follows the separation of the
families of God and of the enemy, of the world and of faith. Abel...
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AND ABEL, HE ALSO BROUGHT OF THE FIRSTLINGS OF HIS FLOCK,.... As he
was a shepherd, his flock consisted of sheep; and of the firstlings of
these, the lambs that were first brought forth, he presented...
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And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the
fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
Ver. 4. _Of the firstlings of his flock._] He brought the best...
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Gen. 4:3, 4. _Cain's and Abel's sacrifice. _ Abel when he comes before
God is sensible of his own unworthiness and sinfulness, like the
publican, and so is sensible of his need of an atonement, and
th...
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_And the Lord God had respect to Abel and to his offering_ And showed
his acceptance of it, probably by fire from heaven; but to _Cain and
his offering he had not respect._ We are sure there was a goo...
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1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel.
8 The murder of Abel.
9 The curse of Cain.
17 Enoch the first citie.
19 Lamech and his two wiues.
25 The birth of Seth,
26 and Enos.
1 AND Ada...
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And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the
fat thereof. In the very mention of the gift there is an indication of
the difference in the attitude of the hearts; for whereas it...
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The Offerings of Cain and Abel...
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SECOND SECTION
_Cain and Abel. The Cainites. The ungodly Worldliness of the First
Civilization._
GENESIS 4:1-26
1And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived, and bare Cain [the
gotten, or possessi...
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CAIN AND ABEL
Adam and Eve, having acquired a sinful nature, could only communicate
the same nature to their children. Their firstborn was named Cain,
which means "smith" or "fabricator," one who plan...
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FLOCK:
_ Heb._ sheep, or, goats...
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1-7 When Cain was born, Eve said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
Perhaps she thought that this was the promised seed. If so, she was
wofully disappointed. Abel signifies vanity: when she thought...
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THE FIRSTLINGS; either,
1. The first-born, which God reserved to himself, both at this time,
and afterwards by an express law, EXODUS 13:2 NUMBERS 3:13. Or,
2. The choicest and most eminent of the fl...
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& Genesis 5:1-32
As each section of the Book of Genesis opens before us, we are
furnished with fresh evidence of the fact that we are travelling over,
what a recent writer has well termed, "the seed-...
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Genesis 4:4 Abel H1893 also H1931 brought H935 (H8689) firstborn H1062
flock H6629 fat H2459 LORD H3068 respected...
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‘And Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat
portions.'
We are not to read into this any cultic requirements. The cult is not
established until Genesis 4:26. It is specifically in...
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‘And Yahweh had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and
his offering he had no regard.'
But how did they know that one was accepted and the other not? The
answer would seem to lie in the f...
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THE STORY OF CAIN AND ABEL (GENESIS 4:1 TO GENESIS 5:1 A).
Genesis 4:1. The Sin of Cain TABLET III
It is quite clear that this section once existed separately from
Genesis 2-3. The immediate and last...
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ABEL
Abel ("exhalation," or, "that which ascends") is a type of the
spiritual man. His sacrifice, in which atoning blood was shed (Hebrews
9:22) was therefore at once his confession of sin and the ex...
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Genesis 4
I.
From the story of Cain we gather the following thoughts:
I. Eve's disappointment at the birth of Cain should be a warning to
all mothers. Over-estimate of children may be traced somet...
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Genesis 4:4
There are two things which distinguish the Bible from every other
book: the view it gives us of man, and the view it gives us of God.
The one is so human, the other so Divine; the one so e...
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Genesis 4:3
I. The first question to be asked is this: What did Cain and Abel know
about sacrifice? Although we should certainly have expected Moses to
inform us plainly if there had been a direct ord...
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Genesis 4:3
Hebrews 11:4
We learn from our text:
I. That religion actuated men in the very earliest times. (1) Religion
as a principle was found in the members of the first human family. The
most pr...
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CONTENTS: First sons of Adam, Cain and Abel. Murder of Abel. First
civilization. Birth of Seth.
CHARACTERS: Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Seth.
CONCLUSION: Attainment can never take the place of Atonement....
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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...
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_The Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering; but unto Cain and
to his offering He had not respect_
THE TWO OFFERINGS
I. THE CAUSE OF CAIN’S REJECTION. His total want of the true spirit
of fa...
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_Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground_
THE STORY OF CAIN AND ABEL
I. RELIGION ACTUATED MEN IN THE VERY EARLIEST TIMES.
II. THE MERE NATURAL RELIGION IS ESSENTIALLY DEFECT...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 4:2 The fact that God HAD REGARD FOR ABEL
AND HIS OFFERING, but not for Cain, does not mean that shepherds are
better than farmers or that animal offerings are better than plan...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 4:1
Exiled from Eden, o'er, canopied by grace, animated by hope, assured
of the Divine forgiveness, and filled with a sweet peace, the first
pair enter on their life experience of...
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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...
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the firstlings. Exodus 13:12 Numbers 18:12 Numbers 18:17 Proverbs 3:9
Heb
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SEEING CHRIST IN CAIN AND ABEL
Genesis 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Cain and Abel came by natural generation. The only human beings God
ever created were Adam and Eve. They were created with the power...
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CAIN AND ABEL
Genesis 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It falls to our lot to connect the links between our last study and
today's.
1. WE HAVE ADAM NAMING HIS WIFE, "EVE." Here is the Scripture: "And
Adam ca...
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And the Lord God had respect to Abel and to his offering, and shewed
his acceptance of it, probably by fire from heaven but to Cain and to
his offering he had not respect. We are sure there was a good...