The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 25 : Genesis 4:17-22 – Fourth Paragraph: The Descendants of Cain / Genesis 4:23, 24 – Fifth Paragraph: Lamech’s Song

THE GRACE OF GOD EVEN IN JUDGMENT – GENESIS RECORDS THE UNFAVORED SONS BEFORE THE ELECT LINE – THE GENEALOGY OF THE CAINITES – THE NUMBER ‘SEVEN’ IN GENEALOGIES – TWO RECORDED SPEECHES IN THESE GENEALOGIES – THE RECORD OF TRADITIONS – ‘BUT THE BIBLE FORBIDS MARRIAGE BETWEEN CLOSE RELATIONS’ – ‘BUILT’ OR ‘WAS BUILDING’ A CITY? – WHO WAS THE ‘CITY BUILDER?’ – CONTRA THE PAGAN CULTURES – ORIGIN OF POLYGAMY – LYRE AND PIPE – SONG OF LAMECH – CONTRAST THIS WITH THE TEACHINGS OF OUR LORD JESUS – PRELUDE TO THE FLOOD