Genesis 4:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? ”

Genesis 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Why. ? Figure of speech Erotesis for emph. (App-6).
Genesis 4:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. And the Lord said unto Cain. God now proceeds against Cain himself, and cites him to His tribunal, that the wretched man may understand that his rage can profit him nothing. He wishes hono...
Genesis 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? Why art thou wroth? - This was designed as a gracious warning, and a preventive of the meditated crime.
Genesis 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? No JFB commentary on this verse.
Genesis 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. Hebrews 12:24 . In the original, it is, thy Brother's bloods; as if, not only the death of Abel wa...
Genesis 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord said unto Cain, why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen ?.... Which was said not as being ignorant of his wrath and resentment, but to bring him to a conviction of his sin...
Genesis 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? Ver. 6. Why is thy countenance fallen? ] Why dost lour and look so like a dog under a door? Vultu saepe loedi...
Genesis 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Cain was very wroth Full of rage against God and his brother. His countenance fell His looks became sour, dejected, and angry. The Lord said unto Cain to convince him of his sin, and bring him...
Genesis 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 And the L ORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door....
Genesis 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Lord spoke unto Cain, that he might bring him to repentance, and the knowledge of his sin. Why is thy countenance fallen? The cause of this dejectedness is not from me, but from thyself.
Genesis 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 4:7 . Sin lieth at the door.] Rather: “A sin-offering is crouching at the door, or (more generally) opening”: e.g. “at the opening, or entrance, of thy brother’s fold.”...
Genesis 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth, and why is thy countenance fallen? The Lord's warning at this time had reference both to the cause and to the possible consequences of Cain's wrath. H...
Genesis 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 13:11-13 Job 5:2 Isaiah 1:18 Jeremiah 2:5 Jeremiah 2:31 John 4:1-4 John 4:8-11 Micah 6:3-5 Matthew 20:15 Luke 15:31 Luke 15:32
Genesis 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 4:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 4:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 4:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 4:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 4:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 4:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 4:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary