Genesis 4:9
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
KJV
Et ait Dominus ad Cain : Ubi est Abel frater tuus ? Qui respondit : Nescio : num custos fratris mei sum ego ?
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Κάιν Ποῦ ἐστιν Ἅβελ ὁ ἀδελφός σου; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Οὐ γινώσκω· μὴ φύλαξ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μού εἰμι ἐγώ;
LXX
And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל קַ֔יִן אֵ֖י הֶ֣בֶל אָחִ֑י/ךָ וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי הֲ/שֹׁמֵ֥ר אָחִ֖/י אָנֹֽכִי
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵי
'y
pronoun · 38×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
הֶ֣בֶל
hbl
proper_noun · 8×
ו
v
noun · 629×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
קַ֔יִן
qyn
proper_noun · 18×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
Historic Christian voices
11 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§401After that first sin, the world is virtually inundated by sin There is Cain's murder of his brother Abel and the universal corruption which follows in the wake of sin. Likewise, sin frequently manifests itself in the history of Israel, especially as infidelity to the God of the Covenant and as transgression of the Law of Moses. and even after Christ's atonement, sin raises its …
§2259In the account of Abel's murder by his brother Cain,57 Scripture reveals the presence of anger and envy in man, consequences of original sin, from the beginning of human history. Man has become the enemy of his fellow man. God declares the wickedness of this fratricide: "What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground. and now you are curse…
Homilies on the Epistle to the Romans · 2 passages
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210208.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210220.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
2. Afterwards indicating that not in the teachers but in themselves they ought to have their hopes of salvation, he says, 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith. Not in the wisdom which is without: for there it is not possible to stand, but to be borne along; even as in the faith ye may stand. Quit you like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. …
1. There are many things characteristic of Christianity: but more than all, and better than all, Love towards one another, and Peace. Therefore Christ also says, My peace I give unto you. John 14:27 And again, By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you love one another. John 13:35 Therefore Paul too says, Follow peace with all men, and holiness, that is, purit…
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
Cross-references
- Gen 3:9 — And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
- Gen 9:5 — And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
- John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
- Prov 28:13 — He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
- Prov 28:13 — He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
- Ps 9:12 — When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
- Ps 10:13 — Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.