Genesis 4:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And she again bare his brother Abel.b And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. ”

Genesis 4:2 - 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 4:2 - 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 4:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Abel . = transitoriness.
Genesis 4:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. And she again bare his brother Abel (226) It is well known whence the name of Cain is deduced, and for what reason it was given to him. For his mother said, קניתי ( kaniti,) I have got...
Genesis 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And she again bare his brother Abel - Literally, She added to bear (ותסף ללדת vattoseph laled...
Genesis 4:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Abel— This word signifies vanity. Calmet says, that Eve having observed in the conduct of Cain that he was not the deliverer which she imagined, gave to her second son a name which might denote t...
Genesis 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And she again bare his brother Abel - Hebrew, 'she added to bear.' "Abel," or, accord...
Genesis 4:2 - 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 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Abel. — Of this name Dr. Oppert imagined that it was the Assyrian Abil, a son. Really it is Hebel; and there is no reason why we should prefer an Assyrian to a Hebrew etymology. An Accadian der...
Genesis 4:2 - 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 4:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Offerings by Cain and Abel Genesis 3:22-24 ; Genesis 4:1-8 It was good that man should be driven from Eden. Soft comfort enervates. The natives of the South Sea Islands are moral pulp. Man goe...
Genesis 4:2 - 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 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And if, by the name of Abel, which signifies vanity, Our first mother meant, that his birth...
Genesis 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And she again bare his brother Abel ,.... Or "added to bare" y, not directly or immediately, but perhaps the following year; though some have thought, because no mention is made of her conceiving ag...
Genesis 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters, Genesis 5:4 : but Cain and Abel seem to have been the two eldest. Cain signifies possession; for Eve, when she bare him, said, with joy, and thankfulnes...
Genesis 4:2 - 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 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Cain and Abel. B. C. 3875. 1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cai...
Genesis 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Abel signifies vanity, a vain, mortal, miserable man, whereas she thought Cain to be more than an ordinary man; or this name might prophetically design his miserable life, and untimely and unnat...
Genesis 4:2 - 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 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 4:1 . Gotten a man from the Lord.] Or, perhaps, “Gotten a man, even Jehovah.” The rendering of the A. V. is no doubt the one more generally followed. Leeser and Murphy ha...
Genesis 4:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Abel Abel ("exhalation," or, "that which ascends") is a type of the spiritual man. His sacrifice, in which atoning blood was shed ( Hebrews 9:22 ) was therefore at once his confession of sin a...
Genesis 4:2 - 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 4:2 - 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 4:2 - 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 4:2 - 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 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Offerings of Cain and Abel
Genesis 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Abel. Heb. Hebel. And Abel. Genesis 30:29-31 Genesis 37:13 Genesis 46:32-34 Genesis 47:3 Exodus 3:1 Psalms 78:70-72 Amos 7:15 a keeper. Heb. a feeder. Genesis 4:25 Genesis 4:26 Psa...
Genesis 4:2 - 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 4:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Abel signifies vanity. The name given to this son is put upon the whole race, Psalms 39:5 . Every man is at his best estate vanity; Abel, vanity. He chose that employment which did most befriend c...

Genesis 4:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 4:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 4:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 4:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 4:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 4:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 4:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Genesis 4:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 4:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 4:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 4:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes