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Genesis 4:8 KJV
Genesis · chapter 4 · verse 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.Genesis 4:8 · King James Version
Genesis 4:8 in context
6And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7If 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.
8And 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.
9And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
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Key words (Strong's)
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- againstʼêlnear, with or amongH413 →
- talkedʼâmarto sayH559 →
- fieldsâdeha fieldH7704 →
- CainQayinKajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribeH7014 →
- AbelHebelHebel, the son of AdamH1893 →
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We have here the progress of Cain's anger, and the issue of it in Abel's murder, which may be considered two ways: - I. As Cain's sin; and a scarlet, crimson, sin it was, a sin of the first magnitude, a sin against the light and law of nature, and which the consciences even of bad men have startled at. See in it, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary