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

And the Lord said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? — It is the beauty of these early narratives that the dealings of …

Where is Abel? Those who suppose that the father made this inquiry of Cain respecting his son Abel weaken the whole force of the instructi…

And the Lord said to Cain, where is Abel your brother ? &c.] Perhaps this was said to him the next time he came to offer,…

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…