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And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother`s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

1. קין (qayin)—Cain, “spear-shaft,” and קנה (qanah)—“set up, establish, gain, buy,” contain the biliteral root …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Thy brother’s blood crieth unto me. —The sight he has seen of death clings to him, and grows into a terror; and from abov…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother’s blood—Moses shows that Cain gained nothing by his evasion. God first inquired where his br…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And he said
Not Cain, the last speaker, but the Lord God, what have you done?
what an…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Malice in the heart ends in murder by the hands. Cain killed Abel, his own brother, his own mother's son, whom he should have loved; his younger br…

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