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Verse Genesis 4:20. _JABAL - WAS THE FATHER_] The _inventor_ or
_teacher_, for so the word is understood, 1 Samuel 10:12. He was the
first who invented tent-making, and the breeding and managing of
c...
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- XIX. The Line of Cain
17. חניך _ch__e__nôk_, Chanok, “initiation, instruction.”
18. עירד _‛__ı̂yrād_, ‘Irad, “fleet as the wild ass,
citizen.” מחוּיאל _m__e_
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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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Cainite and Sethite Genealogies.
Genesis 4:17 probably belongs to the earliest stratum of J, in which
the progress of civilisation is not interrupted by the Flood, and the
human race is derived from A...
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JABAL. flowing.
AND. the Figure of speech _Zeugma._ (App-6.) Supplied here by the
italics....
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The Descendants of Cain: The Genealogy of the Cainites. (J.)
See the Special Note on "the Antediluvian Patriarchs," see below. The
traditions preserved in this section probably belong to a different...
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_Jabal_ The meaning of this name is doubtful. Dillmann conjectures "a
wanderer." Jabal, like Abel (see note, on Genesis 4:2), is a founder
of the shepherd's and herdsman's life.
_father of_ i.e. the f...
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JABEL—THE FATHER OF SUCH, &C.— It is usual with the Hebrews to
call him the Father, who is the inventor of any thing: and, indeed,
the same manner of speaking was usual with the Greeks and Romans....
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PART EIGHTEEN
THE BEGINNINGS OF HUMAN CULTURE
(Genesis 4:16-24)
1. _The Patriarchal Age_
The story of Cain and Abel introduces the Patriarchal form of
government and worship. Family government is th...
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_AND ADAH BARE JABAL: HE WAS THE FATHER OF SUCH AS DWELL IN TENTS, AND
OF SUCH AS HAVE CATTLE._
Jabal the father of such as dwell in tents, and ... have cattle.
Jabal means "flowing". The Hebrew х_ M...
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THE FATHER] i.e. 'Originator'; the first to lead a pastoral life....
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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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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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We do not know whether this list of names is complete. Perhaps it
leaves out some names. The word ‘son’ in the Bible sometimes means
‘grandson’ and it sometimes means ‘*descendant’. (For example,
Jesu...
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(19-22) LAMECH TOOK UNTO HIM TWO WIVES. — Whether polygamy began
with Lamech is uncertain, but it is in keeping with the insolent
character of the man. The names of his wives bear testimony to the
exi...
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וַ תֵּ֥לֶד עָדָ֖ה אֶת ־יָבָ֑ל ה֣וּא
הָיָ֔ה
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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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CAIN'S LINE, AND ENOCH
Genesis 4:12
"MY punishment is greater than I can bear," so felt Cain as soon as
his passion had spent itself and the consequences of his wickedness
became apparent-and so feel...
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CAIN'S CAREER
Genesis 4:9
God's first question to the soul is, “Adam, where art thou?” The
next, “Where is thy brother?” We _are_ our brother's keepers. All
related to us, within our reach, or needin...
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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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SIN GROWS WORSE
Cain went to live in the land of Nod with his wife. Many have wondered
where he found a wife. While the text does not tell us specifically,
we do know Adam named the woman Eve because...
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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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_AN EARLY CHAUVINIST_
‘And Lamech took unto him two wives,’ etc.
Genesis 4:19
Here we have I. A VIOLATOR OF THE DIVINE LAW OF MARRIAGE.—Monogamy
was the Divine law of marriage, and in all likelihoo...
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20._Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents_. Moses now
relates that, with the evils which proceeded from the family of Cain,
some good had been blended. For the invention of arts, and of o...
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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 ADAH BARE JABAL,.... According to Hillerus m, this name, and Jubal
and Tubal, after mentioned, all signify a river; why Lamech should
call all his sons by names signifying the same thing, is not e...
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And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and
[of such as have] cattle.
Ver. 20. _Adah bare Jabal._] Jabal, a good husband. Jubal, a merry
Greek; whence the word _iubilo_ in L...
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_He_ (Jabal) _was the father of such as dwell in tents_ That is, he
taught shepherds to dwell in them, and to remove them from place to
place for conveniency of pasture. The first authors of any thing...
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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 Adah bare Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and
of such as have cattle. Here was the beginning of the nomadic life,
with the raising and grazing of cattle and no fixed dwelling-p...
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THE PASSOVER AND THE OFFERING WHICH FOLLOWED IT
These are the feasts of the Lord, in the narrower sense, EVEN HOLY
CONVOCATIONS, WHICH YE SHALL PROCLAIM IN THEIR SEASONS. This
instruction was carried...
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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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19-24 One of Cain's wicked race is the first recorded, as having
broken the law of marriage. Hitherto, one man had but one wife at a
time; but Lamech took two. Wordly things, are the only things that...
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He taught shepherds to dwell in tents, and to remove them from place
to place, for conveniency of pasture. The first authors or inventors
of any thing are commonly called its _fathers._ And he was the...
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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 4:20 Adah H5711 bore H3205 (H8799) Jabal H2989 father H1 dwell
H3427 (H8802) tents H168 livestock...
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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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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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_Built a city_
THE FIRST CITY
It was a very decided step towards civilization, when the idea of
building a city was first conceived and realized.
The roaming life of the homeless savage was abandone...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 4:18 LAMECH’s immediate descendants are
associated with animal breeding, music, and metalwork. Whereas Abel is
linked to sheep (v. Genesis 4:2),...
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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:—...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 4:17
Domiciled in Nod, whither, impelled by woman's love, his wife had
accompanied him, the unhappy fugitive began to seek, if not to find,
relief from the gnawing agonies of remor...
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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. Genesis 4:21 1 Chronicles 2:50 1 Chronicles 4:4 1 Chronicles 4:5...