CAIN  , in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, the eldest son of See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam and See also:

• EVE

Eve (Gen. iv.), was a tiller of the ground, whilst his younger See also:

• BROTHER

brother, See also:

• ABEL (better ABELL), THOMAS (d. 1540)
• ABEL (Hebrew for breath)
• ABEL, KARL FRIEDRICH (1725-1787)
• ABEL, NIELS HENRIK (1802-1829)
• ABEL, SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, BART

Abel, was a keeper of See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep . Enraged because the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord accepted Abel's offering, and rejected his own, he slew his brother in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field (see ABEL) . For this a curse was pronounced upon him, and he was condemned to be a "fugitive and a wanderer" on the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, a See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark being set upon him " lest any finding him should kill him." He took up his See also:

• ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode in the See also:

• LAND

land of Nod (" wandering ") on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of See also:

• EDEN
• EDEN, SIR ASHLEY (1831-1887)

Eden, where he built a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, which he named after his son See also:

• ENOCH, BOOK OF

Enoch . The narrative presents a number of difficulties, which See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early commentators sought to solve with more ingenuity than success . But when it is granted that the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE

Hebrews, like other See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive peoples, had their own mythical and traditional figures, the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of Cain becomes less obscure . The mark set upon Cain is usually regarded as some tribal mark or sign analogous to the See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle marks of Bedouin and the related usages in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . Such marks had often a religious significance, and denoted that the See also:

• BEARER

bearer was a follower of a particular deity . The See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion has been made that the name Cain is the eponym of the See also:

• KENITES

Kenites, and although this See also:

• CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan has a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good name almost everywhere in the Old Testament, yet in Num. See also:

• XXIV

xxiv . 22 its destruction is foretold, and the See also:

• AMALEKITES

Amalekites, of whom they formed a See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division, are consistently represented as the inveterate enemies of Yahweh and of his See also:

• PEOPLE

people See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel . The story of Cain and Abel, which appears to represent the See also:

• NOMAD (Gr. voµas, voµabes, wandering)

nomad See also:

• LIFE

life as a curse, may be. an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to explain the origin of an existence which in the eyes of the settled agriculturist was one of continual restlessness, whilst at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time it endeavours to find a See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason for the institution of See also:

• BLOOD

blood-revenge on the theory that at some remote See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man (or tribe) had killed his brother (or brother tribe) . Cain's subsequent See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding of a city finds a parallel in the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend of the origin of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome through the swarms of outlaws and broken men of all kinds whom See also:

• ROMULUS

Romulus attracted thither . The See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of Cain's descendants reflects the old view of the beginnings of See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization; it is thrown into the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

• GENEALOGY (from the Gr. yivos, family, and Vryos, theory)

genealogy and is parallel to Gen. v .

(see See also:

• GENESIS
• GENESIS (Gr. 'ybeo-es, becoming; the term being used in English as a synonym for origin or process of coming into being)

GENESIS) . It finds its See also:

• ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy in the Phoenician See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the origin of different inventions which See also:

• EUSEBIUS
• EUSEBIUS (Gr. EuOi/3tos, from ebaegils, pious, cf. the Latin name Pius)
• EUSEBIUS [OF CAESAREA] (c. 260-c. 340)
• EUSEBIUS [OF EMESA] (d. c. "36o)

Eusebius (Praep . Evang. i. to) quotes from See also:

• PHILO
• PHILO, HERENNIUS

Philo of Byblus (Gebal), and probably both go back to a See also:

• COMMON

common Babylonian origin . On this question, see See also:

• DRIVER, SAMUEL ROLLES (1846– )

Driver, Genesis (See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• COMM

Comm., See also:

• LONDON

London, 1904), p . 8o seq . ; A . Jeremias, Alte Test. See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Lichte d . See also:

• ALLEN, BOG OF
• ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
• ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
• ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
• ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
• ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)

Allen Orients (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1906), pp . 220 seq . ; also ENOCH, See also:

• LAMECH

LAMECH . On the story of Cain, see especially See also:

• STADE
• STADE, BERNHARD (1848–1906)

Stade,A kademische Reden, pp.229-273 ; Ed . See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer, Israeliten, pp .

395 sqq,; A . R . See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon, Early Trad . Genesis (See also:

• INDEX

Index) . See also:

• LITERARY

Literary See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism (see See also:

• CHEYNE, THOMAS KELLY (1841— )

Cheyne, Encycl . Bib. See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

col . 62o-628, and 4411-4417) has made it extremely probable that Cain the nomad and outlaw (Gen. iv . 1-i6) was originally distinct from Cain the city-builder (vv . 17 sqq.) . The latter was perhaps regarded as a " See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

smith," cp. v . 22 where Tubal-cain is the " See also:

• FATHER

father " of those whowork in See also:

• BRONZE

bronze (or See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper) . That the Kenites, too, were a See also:

• RACE

race of See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal-workers is quite uncertain, although even at the_ See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day the smiths in See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia form a distinct nomadic class .

Whatever be the meaning of the name, the words put into Eve's mouth (v . 1) probably are not an See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology, but an assonance (Driver) . It is noteworthy that Kenan, son of Enosh (" man," Gen. v . 9), appears in Sabaean See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Arabia as the name of a tribal-See also:

• GOD

god . A Gnostic See also:

• SECT

sect of the 2nd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century was known by the name of Cainites . They are first mentioned by Irenaens, who connects them with the Valentinians . They believed that Cain derived his existence from the See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, and Abel from the inferior power, and that in this respect he was the first of a See also:

• LINE

line which included See also:

• ESAU

Esau, Korah, the Sodomites and Judas Iscariot . (S . A .