Search results
- The "Mark of Cain" comes from the Bible verse Genesis 4:15, "Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him."
www.christianity.com/wiki/christian-terms/what-is-the-spiritual-meaning-of-the-mark-of-cain.htmlWhat was the Mark of Cain? Bible Story and Meaning - Christianity
People also ask
What did Jehovah say to Cain?
What did Cain say to the Lord?
What did Yahweh say to Cain?
What does the Bible say about killing Cain?
Why did the Lord put a mark on Cain?
What did Cain say to his brother Abel?
Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”. New Living Translation. Afterward the LORD asked Cain, “Where is your brother? Where is Abel?” “I don’t know,” Cain responded. “Am I my brother’s guardian?”. English Standard Version.
- 9 Catholic Bible
And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he...
- Parallel Commentaries
The condensed narrative does not say whether Cain tried to...
- 9 KJV
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And...
- 9 NASB
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?"...
- 9 Catholic Bible
Jan 29, 2024 · What was the mark that God put on Cain? The Bible does not say. The meaning of the mark, that Cain was not to be killed, was more important than the nature of the mark itself. Whatever the mark was, it had no connection to skin color or a generational curse on the descendants of Cain.
Verses 6, 7 - And the Lord (Jehovah) said unto Cain. Speaking either mediately by Adam (Luther), or more probably directly by his own voice from between the cherubim where the flaming sword, the visible symbol of the Divine presence, had been established (cf. Exodus 20:24).
Feb 1, 2015 · God said that he would prevent anyone from killing Cain with impunity. God did this not because he was granting the murderer a favor, but for the sake of posterity, in order to preserve human life. The Lord declared that if anyone imitated Cain, they would be punished even more severely. Calvin, J. (2001). Genesis. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 59.
9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
13 Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear. 14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
But the LORD said to him, “Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.”. Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. New Living Translation. The LORD replied, “No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you.”.
