Genesis 4:8 Commentary
THOMAS SCOTT COMMENTARY
Verse 8. Cain concealed his murderous hatred under the mask of cordial affection, and entered into familiar converse with his brother, till he had drawn him into a place of privacy, where he took the opportunity of slaying him.
THOMAS HAWEIS COMMENTARY
Verse 8: Anger in the heart, is murder at the door: nothing is wanting but opportunity and impunity, to make every passionate man another Cain. Many were the aggravations of this foul crime. It was his brother; a brother to him ever dutiful and submissive, a person distinguished with God’s favor, and one who, unsuspicious of danger, talked with him as a friend. But what can stand before malicious envy? No doubt the time was, when Cain had started at the horrid deed; but, when once a man gives place to the devil, there is no conceiving to what a pitch of daring wickedness he may arrive. Obsta principiis. If we would not commit murder, let us refrain from anger. Death thus began its ravages, it wages now appeared. But though his parents’ aching hearts beheld the reeking gore, I doubt not, they felt acuter pangs for living Cain, than for departed Abel. He died in faith; and from a sinner on earth, became a saint in heaven. He died a martyr; and first of that noble army received the crown: while we bewail his end, we should rejoice in his deliverance. Note, The saints of God are mortal; death must bring them down to the grave; but blessed be God for a hope, full of immortality; when they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, they will be in joy and felicity, inconceivable as eternal. What an argument to courage, if called to seal the truth with our blood, striving against sin.
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