Genesis 4:4 KJV,NLT

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 4:4

The firstlings; either, 1. The first-born, which God reserved to himself, both at this time, and afterwards by an express law, Exodus 13:2; Numbers 3:13. Or, 2. The choicest and most eminent of the flock; for the best of any kind are oft called first-born, as Job 18:13; Jeremiah 31:19; Hebrews 12:23. The fat thereof was either, 1. Properly, the fat being properly now required by God, as afterwards was expressed, Exodus 29:13,Exodus 29:22; Leviticus 3:3. Or, 2. The best of them, as the word fat... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 4:3-8

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 4:7. Sin lieth at the door.] Rather: “A sin-offering is crouching at the door, or (more generally) opening”: e.g. “at the opening, or entrance, of thy brother’s fold.” This exegesis supplies a point of departure for the words which immediately follow, and which otherwise seem exceedingly abrupt. The connecting link may be shown by the following paraphrase:—“Though, in order to do well, thou must needs own thyself a sinner, and be indebted to thy brother for a... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:1-26

Genesis 4:0 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 sometimes to extreme love for them; it may also arise on the part of parents from an overweening estimate of themselves. II. We see next in the history of Cain what a fearful sin that of murder is. The real evil of murder (apart from its theftuous character) lies in the principles and feelings from... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:3-5

Genesis 4:3-5 Hebrews 11:4 We learn from our text: I. That religion actuated men in the very earliest times. (1) Religion as a principle was found in the members of the first human family. The most prominent thing connected with Cain and Abel was their religion. (2) All nations of men have practised religion. Conscience, like the unresting heart that sends its crimson streams through the system, and so perpetuates its life, is untiringly impelling men to die to sin and live to God. (3) The... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:3-7

Genesis 4:3-7 I. The first question to be asked is this: What did Cain and Abel know about sacrifice? Although we should certainly have expected Moses to inform us plainly if there had been a direct ordinance to Adam or his sons concerning the offering of fruits or animals, we have no right to expect that he should say more than he has said to make us understand that they received a much more deep and awful kind of communication. If he has laid it down that man is made in the image of God, if... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:4-5

Genesis 4:4-5 There are two things which distinguish the Bible from every other book: the view it gives us of man, and the view it gives us of God. The one is so human, the other so Divine; the one so exactly consistent with what we ourselves see of man, the other so exactly consistent with what we ourselves should expect in God, in other words, with what our own conscience, which is God's voice within, recognises as worthy of God, and ratifies where it could not have originated. I. "The Lord... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 4:4

Abel Abel ("exhalation," or, "that which ascends") is a type of the spiritual man. His sacrifice, in which atoning blood was shed Hebrews 9:22 was therefore at once his confession of sin and the expression of his faith in the interposition of a substitute Hebrews 11:4. flock Type of Christ, the Lamb of God, the most constant type of the suffering Messiah--"the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world" John 1:29. A lamb fitly symbolizes the unresisting innocency and harmlessness of the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:1-26

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, I have gotten a man from the Lord ( Genesis 4:1 ).Now there are always people who are ready to make up theories concerning how certain things happened or what certain things were. But let me say wherever the Bible is silent it is best that we be silent. I'm not really interested in conjecturing on... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 4:1-26

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 could no more create his own wisdom than Eve could create Cain. See Proverbs 8:22, and Sirach 24. Cain; that is, a possession. Abel; that is, vanity. Augustine makes Cain to be a figure of the men of this world, who have their good things in the present life. Abel he regards as a figure of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:1-16

Genesis 4:1-16Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the groundThe story of Cain and AbelI.RELIGION ACTUATED MEN IN THE VERY EARLIEST TIMES. II. THE MERE NATURAL RELIGION IS ESSENTIALLY DEFECTIVE. 1. In its offerings. 2. In the power which it exercises over the passions. 3. In its sympathy (Genesis 4:9). III. SPIRITUAL RELIGION ALONE COMMENDS A MAN TO GOD. This is illustrated in the life of Abel. 1. He possessed faith. 2. He offered an acceptable sacrifice to God. 3. Spiritual... read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 4:4

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 4:3-8

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:1-26

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:3-5

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:3-7

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:4-5

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 4:4

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:1-26

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 4:1-26

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:1-16

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