Genesis 4:9

Genesis 4:9

7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is¹ for you, but you should rule over it.”

8 Now Cain¹ 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 ^akilled him.

9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, ^a“I do not know. Am I ^bmy brother’s keeper?”

10 And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood ^acries out to Me from the ground.

11 So now ^ayou are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

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John Wesley's Notes

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And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? - God knew him to be guilty; yet he asks him, that he might draw from him a confession of his crime; for those who would be justified before God, must accuse themselves. And he said, I know not - Thus in Cain the devil was both a murderer, and a liar from the beginning. Am I my Brother's keeper? - Sure he is old enough to take care of himself, nor did I ever take charge of him. Art not thou his keeper? If he be missing, on thee be the blame, and not on me, who never undertook to keep him.

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