Genesis 4:9

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ קַיִן אֵי הֶבֶל אָחִיךָ וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא יָדַעְתִּי הֲשֹׁמֵר אָחִי אָנֹֽכִי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

8וַיֹּאמֶר קַיִן אֶל ־ הֶבֶל אָחִיו וַֽיְהִי בִּהְיוֹתָם בַּשָּׂדֶה וַיָּקָם קַיִן אֶל ־ הֶבֶל אָחִיו וַיַּהַרְגֵֽהוּ ׃

10וַיֹּאמֶר מֶה עָשִׂיתָ קוֹל דְּמֵי אָחִיךָ צֹעֲקִים אֵלַי מִן ־ הָֽאֲדָמָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 37:26וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוּדָה אֶל ־ אֶחָיו מַה ־ בֶּצַע כִּי נַהֲרֹג אֶת ־ אָחִינוּ וְכִסִּינוּ אֶת ־ דָּמֽוֹ ׃

Job 22:13וְֽאָמַרְתָּ מַה ־ יָּדַֽע אֵל הַבְעַד עֲרָפֶל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט ׃

Psalms 9:13כִּֽי ־ דֹרֵשׁ דָּמִים אוֹתָם זָכָר לֹֽא ־ שָׁכַח צַעֲקַת עניים ׃

Proverbs 28:13מְכַסֶּה פְשָׁעָיו לֹא יַצְלִיחַ וּמוֹדֶה וְעֹזֵב יְרֻחָֽם ׃

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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