Cain
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and
he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the
name of his son, Enoch....
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If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and
sevenfold....
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Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his
brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were
evil, and his brother's righteous....
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In the Hebrew Bible, Cain and Abel (Hebrew: קין ,הבל, Qayin,
Hevel)[1] are two sons of Adam and Eve. The Qur'an also
contains this story, with the names Qabil and Habil.[2]
In the Greek New Testament, Cain is referred to as εκ του
πονηρου. [3] In at least one translation this is rendered
"from the evil one"[4], while others have "of the evil
o...
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a possession; a spear. (1.) The first-born son of Adam and
Eve
(Gen. 4). He became a tiller of the ground, as his
brother Abel
followed the pursuits of pastoral life. He was "a
sullen,
self-willed, haughty, vindictive man; wanting the
religious
element in his character, and defiant even in his
attitude
towards God." It came to pass "in pr...
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(acquired). For Eve said, "I have gotten a man from (or with
the help of) Jehovah." She recognized this gift of Jehovah,
though accompanied with the foretold "sorrow" of conception,
as a first step toward fulfilling the promise of the Redeemer,
"the seed of the woman" (Genesis 3:15). Cain, her supposed
acquisition, proved a deadly loss. Parent...
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kan (qayin, "spear" or "smith," resembling in sound the root
qanah, "get," "acquire," Gen 4:1 the Revised Version,
margin, but not necessarily derived from that root;
Septuagint Kain):
1. The Scripture Narrative:
(1) In Gen 4:1-24 Cain is the first son of Adam and Eve. His
birth is hailed as a manifestation of Yahweh's help. He
becomes "a till...
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1. Son of Adam
Ge 4:1
Jealousy and crime of
Ge 4:3-15; Heb 11:4; 1Jo 3:12; Jude 1:11
Sojourns in the land of Nod
Ge 4:16
Children and descendants of
Ge 4:17,18
-2. A city of Judah
Jos 15:57...
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(possession). Gen. 4. He was the eldest son of Adam and Eve;
he followed the business of agriculture. In a fit of jealousy,
roused by the rejection of his own sacrifice and the
acceptance of Abel's, he committed the crime of murder, for
which he was expelled from Eden, and led the life of an exile.
He settled in the land of Nod, and built a ci...
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