Genesis 4:1 KJV [1] And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.4.1.KJV
The same creative element of naming is unveiled here, Calls her son Cain… A name with specific meaning
Genesis 4:3 KJV [3] And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.4.3.KJV
Where is this coming from? Why does God need an offering? When did God instruct them to start giving an offering. Cain’s offering was rejected. Why? Cain brought based on the work he did as did Abel.
Genesis 4:3 KJV [3] And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.4.3.KJV
Genesis 4:4 KJV [4] And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.4.4.KJV
Wait oo… GOD HAD respect as in how. What did God do to show respect?
This is the book of beginnings. So we see a lot of first mention of things.
How did God show he preferred Abel’s offering to Cains? We are not told. Why did God prefer Abel’s over Crain’s? We are not told
Genesis 4:5-7 KJV [5] but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. [6] And the LORD 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. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.4.5-7.KJV
Why was Cain angry 😡 especially considering that he knew what was right? Was he angry at God or his brother or both? He was not just angry… He was very angry. Probably he felt after all the hard work from the cursed 🤬 ground which will only yield after much sweat and toil his work was all to no avail.
Also, he had also lost the fruits 🥝 for no reason
Genesis 4:8 KJV [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. https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.4.8.KJV
Why didn’t God protect Abel?
Genesis 4:8-10 KJV [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. [9] And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper? [10] And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.4.8-10.KJV
Despite God’s warning Cain let sin in and killed his brother. God told Cain what was about to happen to him.
That sin was lying at the door 🚪.DOOR?? 😳 What door?
Adam and his generation seem very advanced and rightly so considering that they lived in paradise in the garden of Eden. I won’t be surprised ADAM lived in a mansion in the garden. He knew much from his interactions with God.
Back to the door, God paints 🎨 the picture 🖼 of sin being separate from the man 👨. So Cain is wroth over nothing and sin comes to lie at the door 🚪. And it eventually was let in.
Was this not what God wanted to avoid that was why man was not to eat of the fruit… Also Cain was wroth for no reason at all, well for a completely wrong sound reason. Yet he felt justified.
SIN brings along with it a lot of negative emotional surge and to deal with that emotion we go ahead and act the way we feel so we can feel better and get rid of the negative feelings.
The door also shows us that in man is a door 🚪 a door to the soul I believe which before the fall was shut to sin but after the fall could be opened 🔓 and closed 🔐 by sin if we let it.
Genesis 4:8-10 KJV [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. [9] And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper? [10] And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.4.8-10.KJV
GOD was still in active conversation with them. Why does God not do anything to interrupt the world 🗺 and this gruesome murder of an innocent man 👨.
Same thing when Adam was eating the fruit. 🍏 It was like God didn’t care.
Genesis 4:9 KJV [9] And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper? https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.4.9.KJV
Genesis 4:14 KJV [14] Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.4.14.KJV
note 1
He was in the earth 🌎, walked in it yet was driven away from it. How was that possible 🙆.In a sense to walk and plant 🌿 yet the earth would not yield anything to you. Then Cain indeed was an outcast.
note 2
He was walking in the earth yet had been driven from the face of the earth. In the sense that the earth 🌎 no Longer responded to and supported him. He was like an outcast so even when he sows it will yield nothing.
That strange, so how was he to eat?
Genesis 4:15 KJV [15] And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.4.15.KJV
I don’t get the conversation going on here. Why would anyone finding Cain kill him. Was such wickedness already on the earth 🌎.
It seems that Cain and Co were receiving some solace, protection and favour by being close to God and seeking his face through offerings etc. Why else would he complain of losing out by the Lord’s face being hid from him?
Also it seems by this time men had really multiplied… For one to chance on Cain out there. Or could it mean already the sons of the angels were already here?
Genesis 4:16 KJV [16] And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.4.16.KJV
Ei… How and when
Where was the presence of the lord?? 😳It seems that although they had been driven out of the garden they had some form of communication going on between them And God. And that constant fellowship in his presence brought them protection from the world out there. Cain went east of Eden.. So where was he prior?
Where they hanging around the garden with the hope of getting back. Because so far it looks like the family 👪 of Adam was together. Adam Eve and Cain and Abel
Genesis 4:16 KJV [16] And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.4.16.KJV