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1. קין (qayin)—Cain, “spear-shaft,” and קנה (qanah)—“set up, establish, gain, buy,” contain the biliteral root …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
19th Century
Anglican
19th Century
And now (because of your crime) you are cursed from the earth. —Hebrew, from the adâmâh, or cultivated ground. Cain was t…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
16th Century
Protestant
16th Century
When thou tillest the ground. This verse is the explanation of the former, for it expresses more clearly what is meant by being cursed
John Gill
JohnGill
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
When you till the ground, which was the busine he was brought up in and followed (Genesis 4:2), i…
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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Albert Barnes
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