
Bible chapter guide
Genesis 4
Cain and Abel bring offerings; God accepts Abel's, and Cain murders his brother in the field. Cain is sent away marked by God, his line builds a city and develops music and metalwork, and Seth is born to Adam and Eve in Abel's place.
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See it in the Labs
- The Biblical Family TreeAbel · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
- The Biblical Family TreeEve · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
- The Biblical Family TreeCain · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
- The Biblical Family TreeSeth · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
How sure can we be?
- Textually stated
Cain: Eve says “I have gotten a man”; Cain sounds like the Hebrew qanah, “get”.
- Textually stated
Seth: “Appointed”: “God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel.”