Genesis 4:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. ”

Genesis 4:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Section IV - The Family of Adam - Cain and Abel 1. קין qayı̂n , Qain (Cain), “spear-shaft,” and קנה qānah , “set up, establish, gain, buy,” contain the biliteral root קן qan , “se...
Genesis 4:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a (l) fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. (l) You will never have rest for your heart will be in c...
Genesis 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of Cain and Abel. This belongs to the J cycle of stories, but apparently not to the same stratum as Genesis 4:3 , for it is assumed that the earth has a population from which Cain fears ve...
Genesis 4:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

strength . Metonymy (of the Cause). Strength put for that which it produces.
Genesis 4:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. When thou tillest the ground. This verse is the exposition of the former; for it expresses more clearly what is meant by being cursed from the earth, namely, that the earth defrauds it...
Genesis 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be - Thou shalt be expel...
Genesis 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. A fugitive and a vagabond - condemned to perpetual ba...
Genesis 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Cain and Abel. The Descendants of Cain The narrative, which forms part of the Primitive document, impressively shows how sin, having once appeared, became hereditary in the human race, and speedil...
Genesis 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And now (because of thy crime) art thou cursed from the earth. — Heb., from the adâmâh, o r cultivated ground. Cain was the first human being on whom a curse was inflicted, and it was to rise up f...
Genesis 4:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CAIN AND ABEL Genesis 4:1-26 IT is not the purpose of this narrator to write the history of the world. It is not his purpose to write even the history of mankind. His object is to write the his...
Genesis 4:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Cain's Career Genesis 4:9-26 God's first question to the soul is, “Adam, where art thou?” The next, “Where is thy brother?” We are our brother's keepers. All related to us, within our reach,...
Genesis 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The degeneration of the first man and woman was transmitted, the firstborn being manifestly an inheritor of the fallen nature of his parents. His mother named him Cain, intimating a hope that the see...
Genesis 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. Revelation 14:11 ;...
Genesis 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When thou tillest the ground ,.... Which was the business he was brought up in and followed, Genesis 4:2 it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength ; the earth had been cursed for Adam...
Genesis 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. Ver. 12. A fugitive and a vagabond, &c. ] The patriarc...
Genesis 4:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

CAIN AND ABEL Adam and Eve, having acquired a sinful nature, could only communicate the same nature to their children. Their firstborn was named Cain, which means "smith" or "fabricator," one who...
Genesis 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Cain's Punishment. B. C. 3875. 9 And the L ORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brot...
Genesis 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, that ground, which doth or shall fall to thy share, besides the first and general curse inflicted upon the whole earth, shall have this peculiar curse added to it, it shall not henceforth yie...
Genesis 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of Cain and Abel ( Genesis 4:1 to Genesis 5:1 a). Genesis 4:1-16 . The Sin of Cain TABLET III It is quite clear that this section once existed separately from Genesis 2-3. The immed...
Genesis 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 4:9-16 THE BITTER CURSE WHICH SIN BRINGS UPON AN INDIVIDUAL LIFE We have been thoroughly educated in the nature and effects of sin by the sacred nar...
Genesis 4:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 4 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...
Genesis 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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....
Genesis 4:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground The story of Cain and Abel I. RELIGION ACTUATED MEN IN THE VERY EARLIEST TIMES. II. THE MERE NATURAL RELIGION IS ESSENTIALLY D...
Genesis 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 4:1 Exiled 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 expe...
Genesis 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Judgment upon Cain
Genesis 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

it. Genesis 3:17 Genesis 3:18 Leviticus 26:20 Deuteronomy 28:23 Deuteronomy 28:24 Romans 8:20 a fugitive. Genesis 4:14 Leviticus 26:36 Deuteronomy 28:65 Deuteronomy 28:66 Psalms...
Genesis 4:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Cain and Abel Genesis 4:1-16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It falls to our lot to connect the links between our last study and today's. 1. We have Adam naming his wife, "Eve." Here is the Scripture: "...

Genesis 4:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 4:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 4:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 4:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 4:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 4:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 4:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary