Genesis 4:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. ”

Genesis 4:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- XIX. The Line of Cain 17. חניך ch e nôk , Chanok, “initiation, instruction.” 18. עירד ‛ ı̂yrād , ‘Irad, “fleet as the wild ass, citizen.” מחוּיאל m e chûya'el , Mechujae...
Genesis 4:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: (r) for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. (r) His wives seein...
Genesis 4:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Cainite and Sethite Genealogies. Genesis 4:17-24 probably belongs to the earliest stratum of J, in which the progress of civilisation is not interrupted by the Flood, and the human race is derived...
Genesis 4:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hear... hearken. Refers to Genesis 3:17 . Lamech was in greater danger than Adam. Adam had only one wife, Lamech had two. Hear my voice, emph. on "my". I have . continuous present. May be rend...
Genesis 4:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech. The intention of Moses is to describe the ferocity of this man, who was, however, the fifth in descent from the fratricide Cain, in order to teach us, t...
Genesis 4:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. And Lamech said unto his...
Genesis 4:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. Lamech said unto...
Genesis 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lamech said... — Following quickly upon music, we have poetry, but it is in praise of ferocity, and gives utterance to the pride of one who, by means of the weapons forged by his son, had taken vio...
Genesis 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Enos signifying wretchedness; in allusion, perhaps. to the fallen state...
Genesis 4:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

AN EARLY CHAUVINIST ‘And Lamech took unto him two wives,’ etc. Genesis 4:19-24 Here we have I. A violator of the Divine law of marriage. —Monogamy was the Divine law of marriage, and in al...
Genesis 4:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah ,.... Confessing what he had done, or boasting what he would do should he be attacked; or in order to make his wives easy, who might fear from his fie...
Genesis 4:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. Ver. 23. And Lamech s...
Genesis 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. 24 If Cain...
Genesis 4:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Adah and Zillah, observing his fierceness and cruelty, feared that the vengeance of God or men would fall upon him, and upon them for his sake. Be it so that I have slain a man, and that a young ma...
Genesis 4:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, you wives of Lamech listen to what I say, I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me, if Cain is avenged sevenfold...
Genesis 4:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 4:23 . Adah and Zillah.] Probably the oldest fragment of poetry extant. With a slight freedom of translation, we may perhaps thus approach the metrical cast of the origin...
Genesis 4:23 - Scofield Reference Notes

to my wounding Or, who wounded me. Cain had slain an unoffending man and yet was protected by Jehovah; how much more Lamech, who had slain in self-defence.
Genesis 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Built a city The first city It was a very decided step towards civilization, when the idea of building a city was first conceived and realized. The roaming life of the homeless savage was aban...
Genesis 4:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 4:17 Domiciled in Nod, whither, impelled by woman's love, his wife had accompanied him, the unhappy fugitive began to seek, if not to find, relief from the gnawing agonie...
Genesis 4:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Passover and the offering which Followed It These are the feasts of the Lord, in the narrower sense, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. This instruction was ca...
Genesis 4:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

hear. Numbers 23:18 Judges 9:7 Judges 9:7 to my hurt. or, in my hurt.
Genesis 4:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

This passage is extremely obscure. We know not whom he slew, or on what occasion: neither what ground he had to be so confident of the Divine protection.

Genesis 4:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 4:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 4:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 4:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 4:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 4:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 4:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 4:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 4:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 4:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 4:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 4:23 - Scofield Reference Notes

Genesis 4:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 4:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 4:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 4:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 4:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes