Genesis 4:9

And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?

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And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

In Context

8And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.

10And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:26And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?

Job 22:13And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

Psalms 9:13\9:12\When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

Proverbs 28:13He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.

Acts 5:4While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:9

8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. We have here the progress of Cain's anger, and the issue of it in Abel's murder, which may be considered two ways:— I. As Cain's sin; and a scarlet, crimson, sin it was, a sin of the first magnitude, a sin against the light and law of nature, and which the consciences even of bad men have startled at. See in it, 1. The sad effects of sin's entrance into the world and… Read the whole commentary →

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