Genesis 4:15 “And the Lord set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.” Embedded within this statement are several mysteries. First of all, considering that the Bible has not heretofore mentioned any other humans other than Cain’s immediate family, who would be looking for him? It would seem there are other […]
Genesis 4:13-14 And Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear! Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; I shall be hidden from Your face.” After God confronted Cain with his sin and sentenced him to a life of wandering, the world’s first […]
Genesis 4:10-11 And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground. So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.” You won’t notice it in English, but in the Hebrew text, the […]
Genesis 4:9 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, ‘I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” How is it that two brothers, conceived in the same womb, raised by the same parents can be so diametrically opposed to one another? It is just another example of the […]
GENESIS 4:8 “Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.” Instead of heeding God’s admonition to arrest the desire to commit sin, Cain gave in to it, calling Abel out into the field in […]
Genesis 4:6-7 So the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.” – Genesis 4:6-7 With […]
Genesis 4:3-5 “And in the process of time, it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord. Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, but He did not respect Cain and his […]
Genesis 4:3-5 “And in the process of time, it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord. Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, but He did not respect Cain and his […]
Genesis 4:1-3 “Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, ‘I have acquired a man from the Lord.’ Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.” Fathered by the same man, born of […]
Genesis 4:1-3 “Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, ‘I have acquired a man from the Lord.’ Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.” The name Cain comes from a word […]
Genesis 3:24 “So He drove out the man, and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.” As we stated yesterday, Adam’s disobedience led to his exile from the garden. He would live out his […]
Genesis 3:22-23 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to […]
