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God's Question, Our Conscience
Commentators explain that God's question, "Where is Abel your brother?" was not for His own information but to awaken Cain's conscience. Scholars like Calvin and Ellicott suggest that God still speaks to us this way, through the "secret compunctions" of our conscience. When we feel convicted of sin, it is God Himself summoning us to account and offering a chance for repentance before judgment.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 4:1–16
18th Century
Theologian
1. קין (qayin)—Cain, “spear-shaft,” and קנה (qanah)—“set up, establish, gain, buy,” contain the biliteral root …
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 4:9
19th Century
Bishop
And the Lord said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? — It is the beauty of these early narratives that the dealings of …
John Calvin
On Genesis 4:9
16th Century
Theologian
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…
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John Gill
On Genesis 4:9
17th Century
Pastor
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,…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 4:8–15
17th Century
Minister
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…