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Genesis 4-11

Pentateuch. Genesis 4-11. © John Stevenson, 2012. Genesis 4. They give birth to Cain and Abel outside the garden. Genesis 3. As the chapter opens, Adam and Eve are innocent. As the chapter begins, Cain and Abel are sinners. Opens with Adam and Eve in the garden.

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Genesis 4-11

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  1. Pentateuch Genesis 4-11 © John Stevenson, 2012

  2. Genesis 4 They give birth to Cain and Abel outside the garden Genesis 3 As the chapter opens, Adam and Eve are innocent As the chapter begins, Cain and Abel are sinners Opens with Adam and Eve in the garden Satan comes to the woman and speaks with her openly Satan is tempting Cain in the background where we cannot see him.

  3. Genesis 4 Adam and Eve’s sin was in disobeying God by eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil Cain’s sin is threefold: • He offers an unacceptable sacrifice • Anger and jealousy • Murders his brother Genesis 3 God seeks out Adam and Eve and interrogates them until they admit their guilt God seeks out Cain and interrogates him, but he still refuses to acknowledge his guilt

  4. Genesis 4 The earth is cursed as a result of Adam’s sin The earth no longer yields it increase for Cain Genesis 3 The chapter ends in Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the garden The chapter ends in Cain’s banishment to the land of Nod In his fictional book, East of Eden, John Steinbeck calls this chapter, “The symbol story of the human soul.”

  5. Genesis 4:1 Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a manchild with the help of the LORD.” Qayin Qanah (!yIq;) (hn"q')

  6. Jesus Christ Brought an unworthy sacrifice He was the worthy sacrifice Cain He offered a sacrifice that did not involve the shedding of blood He was the sacrifice who shed His own blood He because angry and jealous He prayed for the forgiveness of those who wronged Him He murdered his brother He gave His life to make us His brothers

  7. Genesis 4:2 Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. “Empty” Habel (lb,h')

  8. Genesis 4:3 So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground.

  9. Genesis 4:4-5 Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and for his offering; 5 but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell.

  10. Genesis 4:6-7 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.”

  11. Genesis 4:8 Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.

  12. Cain’s Self Will God rejects Cain’s sacrifice Cain Becomes angry Cain’s countenance falls God warns Cain Cain offers a wrong sacrifice Cain’s anger turns to jealousy Cain murders Abel

  13. Genesis 4:9 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

  14. Genesis 4:10 He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground.” ...and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel. (Hebrews 12:24).

  15. Genesis 4:11-12 “Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. 12 When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth.” (dWn) Nod

  16. Genesis 4:13-14 Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is too great to bear! 14 Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

  17. Genesis 4:15 So the LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him.

  18. Genesis 4:16 Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

  19. Genesis 4 God warns Cain that sin is crouching at the door Genesis 3 Adam and Eve eat of the forbidden fruit Cain murders his brother Adam and Eve begin the cycle of sin Cain continues the cycle of sin The Serpent comes and deceives Eve God comes in the cool of the day to seek out and question Adam and Eve God comes to seek out and question Cain about his brother

  20. Genesis 4 Cain is banished to a foreign land Genesis 3 Adam and Eve are banished from the garden

  21. Genesis 4:17 Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son.

  22. Genesis 4:19 Lamech took to himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.

  23. Genesis 4:20-22 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. 22 As for Zillah, she also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of all implements of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

  24. Genesis 4:23-24 Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, Listen to my voice, You wives of Lamech, Give heed to my speech, For I have killed a man for wounding me; And a boy for striking me; 24 If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

  25. Genesis 4:25 Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for, she said, “God has appointed me another offspring in place of Abel, for Cain killed him.” Seth (tve) Shiyth (tyvi)

  26. Genesis 4:26 To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD.

  27. Genesis 5 Genesis 6 Genesis 4 Descendants of Seth Intermarriage of sons of God and daughters of men Descendants of Cain A picture of those following in the way of Cain A picture of those descended through Seth A picture of moral wickedness

  28. Genealogy Formula • His name. • His age at the birth of his first son. • The length of his remaining life (along with a statement that he begot other sons and daughters). • His age at his death. There are only three variations from this formula: Adam (5:3), Enoch (5:22-24) and Lamech (5:28-29).

  29. Line of Seth Eve named Cain as she says, “I have gotten a manchild with the help of the LORD” (4:1). Adam called his name Seth (5:3). Line of Cain Cain murdered his brother Abel (4:8). Seth was appointed to take Abel’s place (4:25). Cain’s son was named Enoch - “Dedicated” (4:17). Seth’s son was named Enosh - “Mortal” (5:6).

  30. Line of Seth Lamech was the seventh from Adam through Cain; he killed a young man. Enoch was the seventh from Adam through Seth; he walked with God and did not die. Line of Cain

  31. The Age of Humanity • James Ussher (1581-1658) reckoned a chronology that put creation at Sunday, October 23, 4004 B.C. • Contradicted by archaeology • Assumes no gaps in genealogy • Stylized genealogies

  32. Noah Adam Ten Generations Ten Generations Noah Terah Three sons Three sons

  33. Adam  Noah       900  800  700 600  500    400 Enoch  300    200       100 Morris & Whitcomb, The Genesis Flood

  34. Genesis 5:21-22 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah. 22 Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters.

  35. Genesis 5:23-24 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

  36. Lamech Enoch Seventh from Adam through Cain Seventh from Adam through Seth He killed a man and wrote a boastful song of his deed. He walked with God and did not die.

  37. Genesis 5:28-29 Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and became the father of a son. 29 Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed.” Nacham (x;nO) Noach (~x;n")

  38. Genesis 6:1-2 Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

  39. Genesis 6:3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

  40. Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

  41. Sons of God refer toAngels • Septuagint supports this interpretation • Sons of God are angels in Job • Angels in heaven do not marry, but these angels were not in heaven • The resulting offspring produced giants • Supported in Apocryphal book of Enoch as well as in Jude 6.

  42. Sons of God refer toDescendants of Seth • Preceding chapters set forth contrast of two lines • Men began to call on the name of the Lord • It is mankind that is punished in the flood • Sonship is a common theme in the Old Testament • Marriage of godly seed to ungodly people is a common theme in Genesis

  43. Sons of God refer toKings and Rulers • Aramaic lends itself to this interpretation • Elohim refers to human judges in Ex 21:6; 22:8-9 and in Psalm 82:1, 6 • Similar use in Babylonian texts • Kings often referred to as Elohim in east • Actions paralleled in Lamech • Nephilim refer to fallen ones

  44. Genesis 6:5-6 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

  45. Genesis 6:7-8 The LORD said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

  46. Covenant with Noah (6:18) • Promise to destroy the earth with a flood Command to take food (6:21) Noah & Family enter the ark (7:1) Flood on the earth (7:11 – 8:13) Noah’s three sons (6:10) Noah & Family come out of ark (8:14) Command not to eat blood (9:14) Covenant with Noah (9:8-17) • Promise not to destroy the earth with a flood Noah’s three sons (9:18)

  47. Genesis 6:14 tb;Te Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. Same word is used for the ark into which the baby Moses was placed

  48. Genesis 6:15 This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

  49. The Lord shuts the door and it rains 40 days and nights (7:15-16) Waters increase until the mountains are covered (7:18-20) 150 days waters prevail (7:21-24) God Remembers Noah (8:1) 150 days waters abate (8:3) Waters decrease until the mountain become visible (8:4-5) At the end of 40 days Noah opens the window (8:6)

  50. Genesis 6:16 You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.

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