Weekly Study Questions

Study Questions for Genesis 4:1-26

1. What was the difference in Abel and Caine’s offering in verses 3 and 4? Why was one acceptable and the other not?

2. In verse 7, what does it mean that sin is crouching at the door and its desire is for him?

3. In what way was Cain cursed considering all of creation was already cursed when Adam and Eve fell?

4. In the line of Cain what developments are listed here that was not mentioned previously? (vs17-21)

5. Lamech states in verses 23 and 24 that he killed a man and a boy. What do you notice with Lamech’s attitude toward his actions?

6. What is the significance of Seth’s birth?

7. What did men begin to do at the end of chapter 4? What is the significance of this?