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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

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:16-17

Genesis 4:16-17Cain went out from the presence of the LordThe 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... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:17-24

Genesis 4:17-24Built a cityThe first cityIt 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 abandoned; social ties were formed; families joined families, and exchanged in friendly intercourse their experience and observations; communities arose, and submitted to the rule of self-imposed laws; the individuals resigned the unchecked liberty of the beasts of the forest, and felt the delight... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:25

Genesis 4:25Another seed, instead of AbelSethTo Eve is born a third son; and he comes to them as the gift of love and the pledge of hope.Eve names him Seth, which means “set” or “placed” or “appointed,” as being expressly given to her in room of Abel, whom Cain slew. In this her faith shows itself again; for in the ease of her three sons it is she herself who gives the names, and in them displays her faith. In Cain, it was simple and triumphant faith, that had not yet entered into conflict, nor... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 4:26

Genesis 4:26Then began men to call upon the name of the LordPrayerPrayer 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... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 4:16

Gen 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. Ver. 16. And Cain went out from the presence, &c. ] But whither could he go from God’s Spirit? or whither could he fly from his presence? a Psa 139:7 From the presence of his power he could not: for, "Enter, praesenter, Deus hic et ubique potenter." God is "not very far from any one of us," saith St Paul. Act 17:27 Not so far surely as the bark is from the tree, "for all things... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 4:17

Gen 4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. Ver. 17. And he builded a city. ] So, many drown themselves either in secular businesses, or sensual pleasures, and all to put by their melancholy dumps, and heart-qualms, as they call them; indeed to muffle up the mouths of their horribly guilty consciences. So Nicephorus Phocas, when, Zimri-like, he had killed his master, he laboured,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 4:18

Gen 4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. Ver. 18. And unto Enoch was born Irad, &c. ] Cain had a numerous offspring. Seven generations of his are here reckoned. Seth is not yet born, that we hear of. The wicked "are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes." Psa 17:14 "They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance." They dance to "the timbrel and harp,"... read more

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