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Genesis 4 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Genesis 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Genesis 4 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
קַיִן Qayin H7014 16 Kajin
יָלַד yâlad H3205 11 bear young, beget
הֶבֶל Hebel H1893 8 Hebel
לֶמֶךְ Lemek H3929 5 Lemek
אָח ʼâch H251 8 brother
שֵׁם shêm H8034 8 appellation, honor
תּוּבַל קַיִן Tûwbal Qayin H8423 4 Tubal-Kajin

How preachers through history handled this text

14 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 6 Spurgeon 4 Alexander MacLaren 2 Calvin 1 John Wesley 1

“Our first parents were comforted in their affliction by the birth of a son, whom they called Seth, that is, set,' settled,' or placed;' in his seed mankind should continue to the end of time, and from him the Messiah should descend. While Cain, the head of the apostacy, is made a wanderer, Seth, from whom the true church was to come, is one fixed. In Christ and his church is the only true settlement. Seth walked in the steps of his martyred brother Abel; …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Genesis 4:25–35 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Eden 1 — Gen 4:16
  • Nod — Gen 4:16

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