The One Year Chronological Study Bible - Flipbook - Page 14
JANUARY 2
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D A I LY D I S C O V E R Y
• What does the creation event
reveal about God? How do the
systems that He creates (solar,
reproduction, etc.) promote
human flourishing?
Day 2 •
• In Genesis 1–2, God gives
humanity a purpose and then
provides for them so that they
may fulfill their purpose. How
does He provide, and what
does this teach us about God?
• Why does God evict the couple
from the Garden, and what
hope does He give them (and
all humanity)?
JANUARY 2
Life outside of Eden is hard, and it requires faith in God’s promises. Abel’s offering of an acceptable sacrifice in worship echoes the promise and sacrifice made by God in the previous story (Genesis 3:15, 21).
Cain comes to God on his own terms. God accepts Abel’s sacrifice and warns Cain to do what’s right.
Instead, Cain kills Abel. God replaces Abel with Seth, preserving His promise to Eve regarding her
offspring.
Two ways of navigating life outside Eden emerge. Seth’s descendants worship the Lord by name, while
Cain’s descendants live outside the presence of God and are characterized by violence, murder, and sexual
brokenness. Apparently, the two lineages intermarry (see Genesis 6:1-4), and the whole world becomes
corrupt (Genesis 6:12).
Only Noah walks with God by faith. So God instructs Noah to build an ark and sends a flood to judge the
rapid spread of sin among His image bearers.
DIVIDED
KINGDOM
4:1a Or the man; also in 4:25. 4:1b Or I have acquired. Cain sounds like a
Hebrew term that can mean “produce” or “acquire.” 4:8 As in Samaritan
Pentateuch, Greek and Syriac versions, and Latin Vulgate; Masoretic
Text lacks “Let’s go out into the fields.” 4:13 Or My sin. 4:16 Nod means
“wandering.” 4:18 Or the ancestor of, and so throughout the verse.
KINGDOM
EXODUS
PATRIARCH
CREATION
CREATION
the ground! 11 Now you are cursed and banished
from the ground, which has swallowed your
brother’s blood. 12 No longer will the ground
yield good crops for you, no matter how hard
you work! From now on you will be a homeless
wanderer on the earth.”
13 Cain replied to the Lord, “My punishment*
is too great for me to bear! 14 You have banished
me from the land and from your presence; you
have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone
who finds me will kill me!”
15 The Lord replied, “No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you.” Then
the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone
who might try to kill him. 16 So Cain left the Lord’s
presence and settled in the land of Nod,* east of
Eden.
17 Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and
she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch.
Then Cain founded a city, which he named
Enoch, after his son. 18 Enoch had a son named
Irad. Irad became the father of* Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
19 Lamech married two women. The first
was named Adah, and the second was Zillah.
JUDGES
Now Adam* had sexual relations with his wife,
Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave
birth to Cain, she said, “With the Lord’s help,
I have produced* a man!” 2 Later she gave birth
to his brother and named him Abel.
When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd,
while Cain cultivated the ground. 3 When it was
time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his
crops as a gift to the Lord. 4Abel also brought
a gift—the best portions of the firstborn lambs
from his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his
gift, 5 but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This
made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.
6 “Why are you so angry?” the Lord asked
Cain. “Why do you look so dejected? 7 You will
be accepted if you do what is right. But if you
refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is
crouching at the door, eager to control you. But
you must subdue it and be its master.”
8 One day Cain suggested to his brother, “Let’s
go out into the fields.”* And while they were in
the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and
killed him.
9Afterward the Lord asked Cain, “Where is
your brother? Where is Abel?”
“I don’t know,” Cain responded. “Am I my
brother’s guardian?”
10 But the Lord said, “What have you done?
Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from
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CONQUEST
Cain, Abel, and Seth • GENESIS 4:1-26
