punishment. iniquity. Hebrew. 'aven. See App-44. For "my punishment", &c, read "Is mine iniquity too great to be forgiven? "with Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, Targum of Onkelos, Samaritan Pentateuch, and Greek and Latin Fathers.
Verse Genesis 4:13. _MY PUNISHMENT IS GREATER THAN I CAN BEAR._] The margin reads, _Mine iniquity_ is _greater than_ that it may _be forgiven_. The original words, גדול עוני מנשוא _gadol avoni minnes...
- 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...
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 ...
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...
MY PUNISHMENT IS GREATER THAN. CAN BEAR. The meaning is plain if this is. correct translation. Many have held that the word translated punishment should be rendered "iniquity," as in the margin of the...
_And Cain said_ The bitter cry of Cain is not that of repentance for his sin, but of entreaty for the mitigation of his doom. _My punishment_ Better than marg. _mine iniquity_. The Hebrew word is used...
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...
_AND CAIN SAID UNTO THE LORD, MY PUNISHMENT IS GREATER THAN I CAN BEAR._ My punishment is greater than I can bear. The original words have been variously interpreted. х_ `ªWON_ (H5771) signifies, pri...
4:13 borne. (i-13) Or 'Mine iniquity (Heb. _ gahvon_ ) is too great to be forgiven.' See Note Lamentations 4:6 ....
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...
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’...
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....
MY PUNISHMENT (OR _MY INIQUITY_) IS GREATER THAN I CAN BEAR. — Literally, _than can be borne,_ or _“_forgiven.” It is in accordance with the manner of the Hebrew language to have only one word for an...
וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר קַ֖יִן אֶל ־יְהוָ֑ה גָּדֹ֥ול עֲוֹ
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...
HE YET SPEAKS! Abel is dead, but he still speaks (Hebrews 11:4). His blood calls for vengeance, thus speaking (Hebrews 12:24; Genesis 4:10). However, it seems he speaks more clearly through his exampl...
And Cain said unto the LORD, (m) My punishment [is] greater than I can bear. (m) He burdens God as a cruel judge because he punished him so severely....
_My iniquity, &c. Like Judas, Cain despairs. The Rabbins make him complain of the rigour of God's judgment, "My sin (or punishment) is too great to be borne." I must then be driven from the land of my...
And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. Revelation 14:11; Reve...
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...
13._My punishment is greater, etc_. Nearly all commentators agree that this is the language of desperation; because Cain, confounded by the judgment of God, had no remaining hope of pardon. And this,...
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 CAIN SAID UNTO THE LORD,.... In the anguish of his spirit and the distress of his mind: MY PUNISHMENT IS GREATER THAN I CAN BEAR; thus complaining of the mercy of God, as if he acted a cruel part...
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment [is] greater than I can bear. Ver. 13. _My punishment is greater than I can bear._] Or, mine iniquity is greater than can be forgiven. In either sense he si...
_Cain said, My punishment_ (Hebrews _my sin_) _is greater than I can bear_ Sin, however, seems to be put for punishment, as it is Genesis 4:7, and in many other places. For Cain was not so sensible of...
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 Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Instead of turning to the Lord in true repentance, Cain gives himself up to utter despair, declaring that the guilt of his sin is...
GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON CAIN...
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...
MY PUNISHMENT IS GREATER, THEN I CAN BEAR: Or, my iniquity is greater then that it may be forgiven...
8-15 Malice in the heart ends in murder by the hands. Cain slew Abel, his own brother, his own mother's son, whom he ought to have loved; his younger brother, whom he ought to have protected; a good...
Hebrew, _My sin; _ but _sin_ seems here to be put for punishment, as before, Genesis 4:7 Genesis 19:15 Leviticus 5:1 Psalms 69:27...
& 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 4:13 Cain H7014 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 punishment H5771 greater H1419 bear H5375 (H8800)...
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...
‘And Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is beyond bearing.” ' Cain can only think of the consequences for himself of his sin. There is no repentance, only regret over what he has lost. How can he co...
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...
Genesis 4:8 Sin finds in the very constitution of the human mind the enginery of its own retribution. I. The very consciousness of sin is destructive of a sinner's peace. II. Sin tends to develop s...
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...
_My punishment is greater than I can hear_ CAIN’S DESPAIR 1. Behold, Thou hast cast me out this day from (_or_ from upon) the face of the ground. Thou hast driven me! He sees it to be Jehovah’s own...
_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...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 4:13 Cain will be alienated from both the ground and God. He will become A FUGITIVE AND A WANDERER ON THE EARTH. He fears that others will have such a dread of him that anyone...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 4:9_ THE BITTER CURSE WHICH SIN BRINGS UPON AN INDIVIDUAL LIFE We have been thoroughly educated in the nature and effects of sin by the sacred narrative, n...
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...
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...
Job 15:22 Revelation 16:9 Revelation 16:11 Revelation 16:21...
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...
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...
Why wasn’t Cain given capital punishment for the murder he committed? PROBLEM: In the OT, murderers were given capital punishment for their crime (Genesis 9:6; Exodus 21:12). Yet Cain was not only set...