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’s help.’ V2 Later, Cain’s brother Abel was born. Abel looked after sheep and Cain worked on the soil.... [ Continue Reading ]
Eve said, ‘By the *Lord’s help’. So Adam and Eve still knew God. And God still helped them. But they did not meet God as they had done in the garden.... [ Continue Reading ]
We do not know why Cain’s *offering did not please God. These are two possible reasons. • Perhaps the reason was that Cain did not offer an animal. Later, people killed sheep or cows as *offerings to God. These *offerings were important because they were signs of Christ’s death. Christ died as an *... [ Continue Reading ]
Cain was angry. That was an evil thing, but God did not accuse him. Instead, God offered to accept Cain. So when we do wrong things, God does not accuse us. Instead, he asks us to come back to him. If we do that, he accepts us. V8 Cain said to Abel his brother, ‘Let us go out to the field.’ While t... [ Continue Reading ]
Adam and Eve had not obeyed God. (See Genesis 3:6.) That was the first evil deed. Then Cain did another evil deed. After that, evil things spread through the earth.... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Where is Abel your brother?’ God knew what Cain had done. He knew that Abel was dead. But God wanted Cain to speak to him about it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Cain deserved to die, but God did not kill Cain. Instead, he sent Cain away so that Cain would not kill anyone else. And God protected Cain so that nobody else would kill Cain. (See verse 15.) So Cain might think about the evil deed that he had done. He might be truly sorry and God would forgive him... [ Continue Reading ]
Cain was not sorry. He thought about himself. He did not think about Abel, whom he had killed. But God still protected Cain because he might be truly sorry later.... [ Continue Reading ]
This verse tells us that there were other people on the earth in addition to Adam, Eve and Cain. Adam and Eve had other children. (See Genesis 5:4.) One child of Adam and Eve became Cain’s wife. (See verse 17.)... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Cain went away from the *Lord.’ God is everywhere. God was in Nod. So Cain did not escape from God when he went to Nod. But Cain left God out of his life. That is what this verse means. If we give honour to God, he is with us everywhere. But if we do evil deeds, we can turn ourselves away from God.... [ Continue Reading ]
Cain certainly had many other sons and daughters before he built the city. He built the city after he had lived in Nod for many years.... [ Continue Reading ]
This Enoch is not the same person as the Enoch that Genesis 5:18-24 mentions. And this Lamech is not the same person as the Lamech that Genesis 5:25-31 mentions.... [ Continue Reading ]
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, Jesus was called ‘David’s son’. But there were many fathers and sons between king David and Jesus.)... [ Continue Reading ]
God had said, ‘A man and his wife join. Then the two people become one body.’ (See Genesis 2:24.) So God intended that a man should have only one wife. Lamech was the first man to have more than one wife. After this time, Abraham had an extra wife. (See Genesis 16:1-2.) And Jacob married both Leah a... [ Continue Reading ]
Harps and flutes are musical instruments. A harp has many strings. It produces sound when somebody touches the strings. A flute is a tube with holes. It produces sound when somebody blows air across one hole. LAMECH SPEAKS PROUDLY V23 Lamech said to his wives, ‘Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. My... [ Continue Reading ]
Lamech repeated what God had said about Cain. (See verse 15.) But Lamech said that he punished more severely than God does. He meant that he was stronger than God is. Lamech was proud of this. But God did not punish him immediately. SETH IS BORN V25 Adam had sex with his wife again. Her son was bo... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Seth’ means ‘given’.... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Men began to pray to the *Lord.’ When Adam and Eve were in the garden, they talked with God. Then their evil deed separated them from God. Cain turned away from God and so he did not pray. Abel might have prayed, but he was dead. But Seth and Enosh and other people prayed. People again talked with... [ Continue Reading ]