Genesis Chapter 4 Bible Study

Adam had a good relationship with Eve, and Eve gave birth to her first son, Cain. After giving birth to Cain, she bore and named her second son, Abel. Abel and Cain had two different jobs. Abel was a shepherd and Cain was a farmer. Later, Cain sent the food as the Lord’s offering. Then Abel brought the lamb as another one of the Lord’s offerings. The Lord was proud of Abel’s offering and not proud of Cain’s offering. Cain was angry at what the Lord did to him. He told Cain, “Why are you feeling angry? If you had done good, you would be happy; if not, you would sin completely. It wants to get you, but you must defeat it.” 

Cain and Abel went to the fields, and Cain turned to his brother and killed him. The Lord asked Cain where Abel was, and Cain lied about killing Abel. The Lord asked, “Why have you done this bad thing to your brother? Your brother’s blood is crying out for revenge.” The Lord put a curse on Cain for having no soil on his farm and that he will be homeless on the earth. Cain told the Lord that his punishment is too hard and the Lord will send him off his land. But the Lord said clearly to Cain, “Absolutely not. A total of 7 lives will be taken to get revenge if somebody else will slay you.” The Lord put a small mark on Cain to give a warning to anyone not to kill him back. Cain departed to a place called Wandering, just as the Lord had described. Wandering is a city just east from the Garden of Eden. 

Cain and his wife had one son, which they named Enoch, and he created the same city. Enoch had a first son named Irad, Mehujael’s father. Mehujael had a son, whose name was Methushael, Lamech’s father. Adah and Zillah were Lamech’s two wives. Adah bore Jabal, her ancestor who was in charge of the animals’ livestock and who lived in tents. Jubal was a musician and Adah’s ancestor’s brother who played two instruments: the harp and flute. Zillah bore Tubal Cain, the maker of making materials out of bronze and iron. His sister’s anime was Naamah. Lamech told his wives that he had killed a young man because the man struck him out, and that if 7 lives are taken for revenge on Cain, 77 more in total will also be paid if anyone would do the same.

Adam and his wife bore another son, whom they named Seth, to replace Abel right after Cain got killed. Seth bore a son, Enosh. People from all over the city began calling out Enosh’s name when they worshiped and bowed down to him. 

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