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Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 4:16-18

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Genesis 4:16-18THE FUTURE OF A GOD-FORSAKEN LIFEI. That a God-forsaken man is not cut off from the mitigating influences of domestic life. 1. Here the future of the cursed life has some relief. Cain had his wife to share his sorrow, and, for all we know, to help him in it. The domestic relationship is a great relief and comfort to a sad life. When all goes wrong without, it can find a refuge at home. 2. The children of a cursed life are placed at a moral... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 4:19-26

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:—“Adah and Zillah! hear ye my voice,Ye wives of Lamech! give ear to my tale:A MAN have I slain in dealing my wounds,Yea, a YOUTH in striking my blows:Since SEVENFOLD is to be the avenging of Cain,Then, OF LAMECH, seventy and seven!”MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Genesis 4:19-26LAMECHGenesis 4:23-24.... 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 4:26

Genesis 4:26 Prayer is speaking to God on any subject, with any object, in any place, and in any way. I. Prayer so regarded is an instinct. It seems to be natural to man to look upwards and address himself to his God. Even in the depth of lost knowledge and depraved feeling, the instinct of prayer will assert itself. A nation going to war with another nation will call upon its God for success and victory; and an individual man, from the bedside of a dying wife or child, will invoke the aid of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Genesis 4:26

DISCOURSE: 10INSTITUTION OF PUBLIC WORSHIPGenesis 4:26. Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.OF the various institutions of religion, some were clearly founded on an express appointment from God himself; others appear to have arisen, in the first instance, from the suggestions of holy men, and to have been afterwards authorized and established by divine authority. It is manifest that baptism was practised by the Jews long before it was appointed by Christ as the rite whereby his... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 4:17

builded a city The first civilization, that which perished in the judgment of the Flood, was Cainitic in origin, character, and destiny. Every element of material civilization is mentioned in verses Genesis 4:16-22; Genesis 4:16-22 city and pastoral life, and the development of arts and manufactures. Enoch, after whom the first city was named, means "teacher." The el termination of the names of Enoch's son and grandson shows that for a time the knowledge of Elohim was preserved, but this soon... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 4:23

to my wounding Or, who wounded me. Cain had slain an unoffending man and yet was protected by Jehovah; how much more Lamech, who had slain in self-defence. read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 4:26

Enos i.e. mortal. call upon the name Or, call themselves by the name of Jehovah. Contra. Genesis 12:8; Genesis 26:25. read more

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