Genesis 4:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. ”

Genesis 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

talked . said. Hebrew. ( amar ) to say, which must be followed by the words spoken (not so dabar, which means to speak absolutely). What Cain said is preserved in the Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuag...
Genesis 4:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. And Cain talked with Abel his brother. Some understand this conversation to have been general; as if Cain, perfidiously dissembling his anger, spoke in a fraternal manner. Jerome relates t...
Genesis 4:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 9 THE DEATH OF ABEL Genesis 4:8-10 . And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him....
Genesis 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. Cain talked with Abel his brother - ויאמר קין vaiyom...
Genesis 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother. The or...
Genesis 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Cain talked with Abel his brother. — Heb., And Cain said unto Abel his brother. To this the Samaritan Pentateuch, the LXX., the Syriac, and the Vulg. add, “ Let us go out into the field;” bu...
Genesis 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Cain talked with Abel ,.... Or "said", or "spoke unto" him l; either what the Lord God said to him in the foregoing verses, as Aben Ezra; or he spoke to him in a kind and friendly manner, and th...
Genesis 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. Ver. 8. And Cain talked with Abel. ] What talk th...
Genesis 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Cain talked with Abel his brother Either familiarly or friendly, as he used to do, with a view to make him secure and careless, or by way of expostulation and contention. The Chaldee paraphrast add...
Genesis 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. We have here the progress of Cain...
Genesis 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

cir. 3865 Cain talked with Abel, either, 1. Familiarly and friendly, as he used to do, thereby to make him secure and careless; or by way of expostulation and contention; in the field, into...
Genesis 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Genesis 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

talked. 2 Samuel 3:27 2 Samuel 13:26-28 2 Samuel 20:9 2 Samuel 20:10 Nehemiah 6:2 Psalms 36:3 Psalms 55:21 Proverbs 26:24-26 Micah 7:6 Luke 22:48 Cain rose. 2 Samuel 14:6 Job 1...
Genesis 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And Cain talked with Abel his brother — The Chaldee paraphrast adds, that Cain, when they were in discourse, maintained there was no judgment to come, and that when Abel spoke in defence of the tru...

Genesis 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 4:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Genesis 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 4:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 4:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 4:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 4:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 4:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 4:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 4:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes