Genesis 4:8

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Summary

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.

Talked

Cain rose

General references

Proverbs 25:26

Matthew 10:36

Bible References

Talked

And Abner will turn back to Hebron, and Joab will turn him away to the midst of the gate to speak with him in quiet, and he will strike him there in the belly, and he will die for the blood of Asahel his brother.

And Absalom will say, And shall not Amnon my brother now go with us? And the king will say to him, Wherefore shall he go with thee?

And Joab will say to Amasa, Thou my brother in peace? and Joab's right hand will take hold of Amasa by the beard to kiss him.

And Sanballat sent to me and Geshem, saying, Come, and we will pass over together in the villages in the valley of Ono. And they reckoned to do evil to me

The words of his mouth vanity and deceit: he ceased to be circumspect, to do good.

They were divided from the wrath of his mouth, and his heart drew near: his words were soft above oil, and they drawn swords.

He hating will be known by his lips, and he will set deceit in his midst;

For the son despising the father, the daughter rising up against her mother, the bride against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies the men of his house.

And Jesus said to him, Judas, deliverest thou up the Son of man with a kiss?

Cain rose

And to thy servant two sons, and they two will strive in the field, and none delivering between them; and the one will smite the one and kill him.

For then thou shalt lift up thy face from spot; and thou wert firm, and thou shalt not fear:

Who will go up to the mountain of Jehovah? and who shall stand in his holy place?

Surely thou wilt kill the unjust one, O God: and ye men of bloods, depart from me.

So that all the just blood shed upon the earth might come upon you, from the blood of just Abel to the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye killed between the temple and altar.

From the blood of Abel even to the blood of Zacharias perishing between the altar and house: yea, I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.

Not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And for what slew he him? Because his works were evil, and those of his brother just.

Woe to them for they went in the way of Cain, and were poured out in the error of Balaam for a reward, and they were destroyed in the controversy of Core.

General references

A fountain trampled down, and a fountain corrupted, the just one turned aside before the unjust one.

And a man's enemies, they pertaining to his household.