Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Genesis 4:22
From Tubal — Cain, probably the Heathen Vulcan came. Why Naamah is particularly named, we know not: probably they did, who lived when Moses wrote.
From Tubal — Cain, probably the Heathen Vulcan came. Why Naamah is particularly named, we know not: probably they did, who lived when Moses wrote.
Verse Genesis 4:22. _TUBAL-CAIN_] The first _smith_ on record, who taught how to make _warlike_ instruments and _domestic_ utensils out of brass and iron. Agricultural instruments must have been in u...
- 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_
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 ...
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...
TUBAL-CAIN. flowing from Cain....
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...
_Tubal-cain_ The double name is strange, and presumably means "Tubal of the family of Cain." Tubal is traditionally supposed to have given his name to the people mentioned in Genesis 10:2 (see note)....
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...
_AND ZILLAH, SHE ALSO BARE TUBALCAIN, AN INSTRUCTER OF EVERY ARTIFICER IN BRASS AND IRON: AND THE SISTER OF TUBALCAIN WAS NAAMAH._ Tubal-cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron. Deli...
4:22 of (a-14) Or 'the instructor of every worker in.' brass (b-15) Or 'bronze.' so always. Naamah. (c-24) Charming....
TUBAL-CAIN] i.e. 'Tubal the smith': see on Genesis 4:1. AN INSTRUCTER OF EVERY ARTIFICER IN] RV 'the forger of every cutting instrument of.' BRASS] rather, 'copper' (RM), or bronze....
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...
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...
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’...
(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...
וְ צִלָּ֣ה גַם ־הִ֗וא יָֽלְדָה֙ אֶת ־תּ֣וּבַל
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Noema, who is supposed to have invented the art of spinning. (Calmet) --- All these worthy people were distinguished for their proficiency in the arts, while they neglected the study of religion and...
And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. Reader! observe, here, how little notice is taken of the posterity of C...
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...
_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...
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...
AND ZILLAH, SHE ALSO BARE TUBALCAIN,.... Thought by many to be the same with Vulcan, his name and business agreeing; for the names are near in sound, Tubalcain may easily pass into Vulcan; and who, wi...
And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain [was] Naamah. Ver. 22. _And Zillah bare Tubal-cain._] Perhaps the same that the po...
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...
And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron; and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. Tubalcain was the inventor of various sharp tools for cutting metals, e...
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...
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...
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...
INSTRUCTOR: _ Heb._ wheter...
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...
TUBAL-CAIN, whom (as the learned conceive, and the agreement of the name and function makes probable) the heathens worshipped by the name of _Vulcan, _ the god of smiths; and his sister _Naamah, _ by...
& 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-...
Genesis 4:22 Zillah H6741 bore H3205 (H8804) Tubal-Cain H8423 instructor H3913 (H8803) craftsman H2794 bronze H5178 i
‘Zillah bore Tubal-Cain, he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.' Tubal-Cain was the one who shaped metals. Mitchell (NBD) suggests that perhaps...
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...
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....
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...
_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...
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),...
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:—...
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...
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...
instructer. Heb. whetter. brass. Exodus 25:3 Numbers 31:22 Deuteronomy 8:9 Deuteronomy 33:25...