Genesis 4:1, The birth, occupation, and offering of Cain and Abel; Genesis 4:8, Cain murders his brother Abel; Genesis 4:11, The curse of Cain; Genesis 4:17, Has a son called Enoch, and builds a city, which he calls after his name; Genesis 4:18, His descendants, with Lamech and his two wives; Genesis 4:25, The birth of Seth, Genesis 4:26, and Enos.
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Genesis 4 — OverviewGenesis 4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have both the world and the church in a family, in a
little family, in Adam's family, and a specimen given of the character
and state of both in after-ages, nay, in all ages, to the end of time.…Genesis 4 — OverviewGenesis 4 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter an account is given of the two eldest children of Adam and Eve, their names and calling, Ge 4:1 and of their different offerings to the Lord, and the different respect had unto them by him, which in Cain…Genesis 4 — OverviewGenesis 4 · Little Bible — for children and parentsAdam and Eve have two sons — Cain, who was a farmer, and Abel, who kept sheep. Both brought offerings to God. God was pleased with Abel's offering but not with Cain's. Cain became very angry and jealous. God warned Cain…Genesis 4:1-2Genesis 4:1-2 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleAdam and Eve had many sons and daughters, ch. v. 4. But Cain and Abel
seem to have been the two eldest. Some think they were twins, and, as
Esau and Jacob, the elder hated and the younger loved. Though God had…Genesis 4:1Genesis 4:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryExiled 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 labor and sorrow, and the human race begins…Genesis 4:1-8Genesis 4:1-8 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe kingdom of God.
Another "genesis" is now described, that of sinful society, which prepares the way for the description of the rising kingdom of God.
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