Genesis 4:10 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 4:10

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.

12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.”

13 And Cain said to the Lord, “My¹ punishment is greater than I can bear!

14 Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; ^aI shall be ^bhidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that ^canyone who finds me will kill me.”

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Genesis 4:10-14

First of all, please notice in verse 12 God removed the gift that God alone had given Cain to be a farmer. Then we see he became both fugitive and vagabond. Both words indicate aimless wandering.

In the Hebrew fugitive is the word nûa‛ 5128 in Strong's and is a verb meaning to shake, to stagger, to wander. It refers to a displaced person, a wanderer, a vagrant. Vagabond is from the Hebrew word nûd 5110 in Strong's and is also a verb, but more emphatically has the sense of aimless motion or actions. It refers to a person moving about aimlessly without a home.

Brethren, all of mankind is on a journey, but the curse of sin to those not under the blood of Jesus Christ with eyes on Him and the goal of the Kingdom of God, is aimlessness in motion and in action on their journey.

Excerpted from Pioneers: Our Job Is the Journey

Genesis 4:10-12

Did you ever think in your wildest imagination that God is unaware of what is going on and that He will not take retribution? My King James Version Study Bible says in the margin of this verse, Thus God's judgment is on those who by whatever means [D & X, D & E, a simple abortion] abort human life. The cry in verse 10 is for vengeance, and in Proverbs 26:2, it says, The curse causeless shall not come.

If God cursed Cain, what kind of a curse do you think is on this nation?

Excerpted from The Handwriting Is on the Wall (1995)

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