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1 | Cain feared who would kill him? | Gen 4:13 | DocTrinsograce | 242603 | ||
Hi, Jem... Welcome to the forum! Of whom was Cain afraid? God Himself. No doubt the warning before Cain's sin must have been a difficult thing to hear (Genesis 4:6-7). Compound that with the sin now on Cain's conscience. Furthermore, God had cursed Cain (vv11-12). With all of that, can we not well imagine that he was frightened (though evidently unrepentant)? Certainly someone who committed so horrid a sin as fratricide would expect to be despised in the growing community of men. Nonetheless, notice that Cain does not cry out for pardon. Notice that there is no sign of repentance in his words (vv13-14). Nor is there any evidence of a penitent in his subsequent behavior (vv16-17). Instead, Cain exhibits what Paul later calls a "sorrow of the world [which] produces death (2 Corinthians 7:10). In Him, Doc |
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2 | Cain feared who would kill him? | Gen 4:13 | justme | 242604 | ||
Doc; would it stand to reason that when Cain married his sister were there not other brothers that would eventually be a threat? Justme |
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3 | Cain feared who would kill him? | Gen 4:13 | DocTrinsograce | 242605 | ||
Hi, Justme... Given that Cain says "...whoever finds me will kill me." (Genesis 4:14b) and God's reply "Therefore whoever kills Cain..." (v15a) imply that the community of men was either growing or expected to grow. John Calvin comments with: "Cain, however, in this place, not only considers himself as deprived of God’s protection, but also supposes all creatures to be divinely armed to take vengeance of his impious murder. This is the reason why he so greatly fears for his life from any one who may meet him; for as man is a social animal, and all naturally desire mutual intercourse, this is certainly to be regarded as a portentous fact, that the meeting with any man was formidable to the murderer." In Him, Doc |
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4 | Cain feared who would kill him? | Gen 4:13 | justme | 242606 | ||
Doc. very good. It stans to reason that we have no clear understanding of the time frame in years, that all this took place. These type of issues that lie behind the clear out front details that I think for a better term are "digging for gold nuggets". This really makes "Reading the Bible for all it's worth" as the Bible Answer man says. Thanks for making this a very interesting dialogue. justme |
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