Genesis Chapter 4 Answers

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DAY ONE

• God’s blessing was upon her and enabled her to have a child
• God was fulfilling the promise of Gen 3:15 through her
• She was bringing forth the Savior
• She may have only had daughters previously
• She thought she did the same thing as God (creating a human)

2. Why did the Lord reject the offering of Cain and accept the offering of Abel?

Cain offered SOME fruits Abel offered the FAT portions of the FIRSTBORN

3. Cain was counseled by God to “do what is right” or he would become a servant to sin. What prevented him from listening to God? What did God mean when He said “do what is right”? Why was it wrong for Cain to become and stay so angry?

Cain’s pride prevented him from listening to God

Cain should have offered God the first fruits of the crops not simply some of it

He was angry because he was not accepted because he did not offer the first fruits of his crops.

Even after God counseled him to do what is right, Cain’s pride tells him that his offering was not the issue - it was his brother’s offering that was the problem

DAY TWO

2. What is the irony of Cain’s response to God’s punishment? How is God’s grace manifested towards Cain?

Cain is afraid that someone will kill him but God will not allow Cain to be murdered without great punishment

3. What does I John 3:12 teach us about Cain’s motives?

Cain belonged to Satan, the evil one

DAY THREE

DAY FOUR

1. Under a curse
2. No longer able to produce crops
3. Restless wanderer

2. What did Cain add to his punishment in verse 14 that God did not impose upon him (Cain acted on this self imposition in verse 16)?

That he would be hidden from God’s presence

3. What do the following verses tell you about the character of Cain?

• Verses 3–5 - He was lazy, disrespectful towards God, unrepentant
• Verses 6–8 - He was angry, jealous, unrepentant despite a plea from God himself, he was hateful
• Verse 9 - He was disrespectful towards God
• Verse 13 - He was full of self pity, he did not understand God
• Verse 16 - He chose to leave God’s presence – He was prideful in that he thought he did not need God
• Verse 17 - He was rebellious in that he built a city when he was sentenced to restless wandering

DAY FIVE

Satan

2. Was it wrong for Lamech to marry two women? If so, why?

Yes

God made one woman for Adam not two (Genesis 2:24) Here are some scriptures that support monogamy:

• Proverbs 5:18-19
• Malachi 2:14-15
• Mark 10:2-8
• I Corinthians 7:2,10
• I Timothy 3:2,12
• Titus 1:6

3. What is the meaning and purpose of Lamech’s poem or song?

The idea is this: whoever inflicts a wound or stripe on me, whether man or youth, I will put to death; and for every injury done to my person, I will take ten times more vengeance than that with which God promised to avenge the murder of my ancestor Cain. In this song, which contains in its rhythm, its strophic arrangement of the thoughts, and its poetic diction, the germ of the later poetry, we may detect "that Titanic arrogance, of which the Bible says that its power is its god (Hab 1:11), and that it carries its god, viz., its sword, in its hand (Job 12:6)". (Delitzsch)

DAY SIX

• Cain was protected by God, Lamech protected himself
• Cain was protected from vengeance after the act, Lamech before the act
• Cain was wounded in his pride, Lamech was to be wounded physically

2. Names have meanings and in the days of Adam and Eve we see that names given to people are significant and more relevant perhaps than today. For instance Adam names Eve “…because she would become the mother of all the living” (Gen 3:20).

Why do you think people today have such a passion and flair for coming up with different spellings of common names? Why is there such a focus on picking unusual names for children? What does your name mean? Do you name your children because of the meaning of the name or the way the name sounds?

YOUR ANSWER HERE

3. Describe how Eve may have felt at the following stages in her life:

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