Genesis 4

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Genesis 4 is a chapter in the Book of Genesis that recounts the story of Cain and Abel, the first murder, and the early generations of humanity after Adam and Eve.

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Label Occurrences
Genesis 4 canonical 7

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chapter of the Bible ⓘ
chapter of the Book of Genesis ⓘ
containsGenealogyOf Cain’s line ⓘ
early descendants of Adam ⓘ
containsNarrative early generations after Adam and Eve ⓘ
first murder in the Bible ⓘ
story of Cain and Abel ⓘ
followedBy Genesis 5 ⓘ
follows Genesis 3 ⓘ
language Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
mainCharacters Abel ⓘ
Adam ⓘ
Cain ⓘ
Eve ⓘ
Lamech ⓘ
mentionsDeity YHWH ⓘ
mentionsPlace Eden (indirectly, as prior dwelling) ⓘ
east of Eden ⓘ
field where Cain killed Abel ⓘ
land of Nod ⓘ
partOf Book of Genesis ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
recordsEvent Abel’s offering to the LORD ⓘ
Cain building a city ⓘ
Cain’s exile to the land of Nod ⓘ
Cain’s offering to the LORD ⓘ
Lamech’s speech to his wives ⓘ
birth of Enoch son of Cain ⓘ
birth of Enosh ⓘ
birth of Seth ⓘ
curse placed on Cain ⓘ
divine interrogation of Cain ⓘ
genealogy of Cain’s descendants ⓘ
mark of Cain ⓘ
murder of Abel by Cain ⓘ
people beginning to call on the name of the LORD ⓘ
rejection of Cain’s offering ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islamic tradition (indirectly, via parallel story of Cain and Abel) ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
theme city-building ⓘ
development of crafts and professions ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
divine mercy ⓘ
human family origins ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
sin ⓘ
violence ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Havah → mentionedIn → Genesis 4 ⓘ
אָדָם → mentionedInBook → Genesis 4 ⓘ
Genesis 5 → follows → Genesis 4 ⓘ
Land of Nod → appearsInChapter → Genesis 4 ⓘ
subject linked to: land of Nod
Genesis 3 → followedBy → Genesis 4 ⓘ
Legum Allegoriae → interpretsWork → Genesis 4 ⓘ