Gênesis 4

Gênesis 4

Meyer - Genesis 4:9 Where is Abel thy Brother? The first question God puts to the soul is, “Adam, where art thou?” The next, “Where is Abel thy brother?” We are our brothers’ keepers. Each within our reach, all who need our help, all related to us by the ties of the family, have a claim on us. We must not take an advantage over them; their weakness and need are strong claims on our resources of every kind; we are bound to keep them so far as we can; we may at any moment be called to give an account of their whereabouts. To dispute this is to betray the spirit of Cain, who was a murderer. God keeps an inventory of his saints. — In his book their names are written. Their names, abode, and circumstances; their fathers, mothers, and brothers; their occupation, whether they keep the sheep or till the land: all are known to Him, because fixed by his providence. Whatever touches them is, therefore, instantly known to Him. It is as though they were part of his very being, and a stab of pain to them thrills his heart. God calls us to help Him in keeping one another. — We are to watch for each other’s souls; to consider one another to provoke to good works; to bear one another’s burdens; to exhort each other, to convert the wanderer from the path of the destroyer, and to wash stains from his feet. The cure of souls is the work of all the saints. But this is only possible to those who have been baptized into the Spirit of Christ. Remember that you have just as much love towards God, as you are willing to show towards the brother whom you have seen. “This commandment have we from Him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.” Genesis 4:10 He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground. What - Ge 3:13 Jos 7:19 Ps 50:21 blood is crying to Me - Ge 18:20 Ex 3:7 2Ki 9:26 Job 16:18 24:12 31:38,39 Ps 9:12 72:14 Isa 5:7 Ac 5:3,9 Heb 11:4 12:24 Jas 5:4 Rev 6:10 Genesis 4 Resources - Multiple sermons and commentaries Related Passages: Genesis 3:9-13+ Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” (RHETORICAL QUESTION #1) 10 He said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” 11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? (RHETORICAL QUESTION #2) Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” (RHETORICAL QUESTION #3) 12 The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” (RHETORICAL QUESTION #4) And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” Revelation 6:9-10+ When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; 10 and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Luke 18:7-8+ now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? 8 “I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” Matthew 23:35 so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Luke 11:50-51+ so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.’ Hebrews 11:4+ By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks. Hebrews 12:24+ and to Jesus, the Mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel. RHETORICAL QUESTION FROM GOD He said, "What have you done? - The question is rhetorical (for effect) and is the same manner in which Yahweh confronted Adam and Eve in Genesis 3 (see text above). The omniscient God knew what Cain had done! His questions seek to draw out the truth from Cain, that he might confess and repent. One is reminded of the great passage in Deuteronomy (which speaks to every soul ever born).... “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, (Deut. 30:19+) Sadly, Cain chose the curse and (eternal) death! The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground - NET = "The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!" Obviously blood can't cry out, but it is personified as if it is crying out, testifying against Cain. It is ironic that Abel had never spoken in the preceding passages, but now his blood cries out from the ground!