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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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LAMECH. Supply _Ellipsis_ (App-6), "shall he avenged"....
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The Song of the Sword. These verses are written in a poetical style,
with the parallelism of clauses characteristic of Hebrew poetry. It is
the first instance of Hebrew poetical composition in the Bib...
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_seventy and sevenfold_ Cf. Genesis 4:15. Lamech boasts that seventy
and seven deaths should be the penalty of revenge if he were slain.
The first note of warfare is sounded in this fierce exultation...
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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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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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_IF CAIN SHALL BE AVENGED SEVENFOLD, TRULY LAMECH SEVENTY AND
SEVENFOLD._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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See Genesis 4:15 and note. 25, 26. A supplementary note mentioning the
birth of Seth and Enos: see on Genesis 4:17. SETH] 'appointed'or
'substituted.' ENOS] 'man.'...
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LAMECH SAID... — Following quickly upon music, we have poetry, but
it is in praise of ferocity, and gives utterance to the pride of one
who, by means of the weapons forged by his son, had taken violen...
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כִּ֥י שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם יֻקַּם ־קָ֑יִן וְ
לֶ֖מֶךְ...
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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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If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech (s) seventy and
sevenfold.
(s) He mocked at God's tolerance in Cain jesting as though God would
allow no one to punish him and yet give him permission...
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Seventy times. A similar expression occurs, Matthew xviii. 22, to
denote a great but indefinite number. God had promised to revenge the
murder of Cain seven fold, though he had sinned voluntarily; so...
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And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name
Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
Enos signifying wretchedness; in allusion, perhaps. to the fallen
state ()...
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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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24._Cain shall be avenged sevenfold_. It is not my intention to relate
the ravings or the dreams of every writer, nor would I have the reader
to expect this from me; here and there I allude to them, t...
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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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IF CAIN SHALL BE AVENGED SEVENFOLD, TRULY LAMECH SEVENTY AND
SEVENFOLD. Which if understood of him as confessing and lamenting his
sin of murder, the sense is, if Cain was so severely punished for
kil...
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If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and
sevenfold.
Ver. 24. _If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, &c._] Boastful Lamech
brags, and goes on to outdare God himself. For it is as if...
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Gen. 4:23, 24. "And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, here
my voice, ye wives of Lamech,… I have slain a man," etc. The
probable design of the Holy Spirit in relating this, is to show the
g...
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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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If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly, Lamech seventy and
sevenfold. Here is the first instance of the art of poetry, but even
this is placed into the service of sin; for this is the form of the
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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If the slaughter of Cain shall be punished in him that shall kill him,
whosoever he be, my death shall be much more certainly and severely
revenged by God upon any man that shall murder me. These word...
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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 4:24 If H3588 Cain H7014 avenged H5358 (H8714) sevenfold H7659
Lamech H3929 seventy-sevenfold H7657 H7651...
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‘And Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice,
you wives of Lamech listen to what I say, I have slain a man for
wounding me, a young man for striking me, if Cain is avenged
sevenfold,...
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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 4:23 Lamech KILLED A MAN merely for WOUNDING
or STRIKING him. His response is out of proportion to the injury.
sevenfold... seventy
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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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if. Genesis 4:15 seventy. Matthew 18:22...