Genesis 4:9

And the Lord said to Kain, Where is Habel thy brother? And he said, I know not; am I the keeper of my brother?

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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 Kain spake with Habel his brother; and it was in their being in the field that Kain arose against Habel his brother, and killed him.

10And He said, What hast thou done? The voice of the blood of generations which were to come from thy brother complaineth before Me, from the earth!

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Cross References

Genesis 37:26And Jehuda said to his brethren, What gain should we have by killing our brother and covering his blood?

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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