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The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 4:1-16
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Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:1-7Genesis 4:1-7 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryWhen Cain was born, Eve said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. Perhaps she thought that this was the promised seed. If so, she was wofully disappointed. Abel signifies vanity: when she thought she had the promised see…Cain and Abel. (b. c. 3875.)Genesis 4:1-2 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleCAIN AND ABEL. (B. C. 3875.) Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters, Genesis 5:4. 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…The Pulpit Commentary on 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…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 4:1-15Genesis 4:1-15 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe first brothers. I. THE BROTHERS AT HOME. 1. The first home. Of Divine appointment, and among the choicest blessings that have survived the fall, homes are designed for— 2. A pious home. Its locality, though outside…The Pulpit Commentary on 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. I. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORAL EVIL IS CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH HUMAN SOC…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 4:1-7When Cain was born, Eve said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. Perhaps she thought that this was the promised seed. If so, she was wofully disappointed. Abel signifies vanity: when she thought she had the promised see…Matthew HenrycommentaryCain and Abel. (b. c. 3875.)CAIN AND ABEL. (B. C. 3875.) Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters, Genesis 5:4. 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…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 4:1-15The first brothers. I. THE BROTHERS AT HOME. 1. The first home. Of Divine appointment, and among the choicest blessings that have survived the fall, homes are designed for— 2. A pious home. Its locality, though outside…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 4:1Exiled 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…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 4:1-8The 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. I. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORAL EVIL IS CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH HUMAN SOC…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 4:2And she again bare (literally, added to bear, a Hebraism adopted in the New Testament; vide Luke 20:11) his brother Abel. Habel (vanity), supposed to hint either that a mother's eager hopes had already begun to be disap…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 4:3-5Here we have, I. The devotions of Cain and Abel. In process of time, when they had made some improvement in their respective callings (Heb. At the end of days, either at the end of the year, when they kept their feast o…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 4:3And in process of time. Literally, at the end of the days, i.e.— 1. Of the year (Aben Ezra, Dathe, De Wette, Rosenmüller, Bohlen), at which season the feast of the ingathering was afterwards kept—Exodus 23:16 (Bush). Ar…Joseph S. Exell and contributors