And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
God declares that whoever kills Cain shall be punished sevenfold, not to spare the murderer but to restrain human fury and prevent the spread of violence through evil example. The Lord consults for the preservation of human life itself, lest wickedness grow unchecked when Satan presents such pestilent examples to men.
AI summary
Satan drives his servants from presumption straight to despair. Cain complains not of his sin but of his punishment, as though God were unjust. He quarrels with the sentence instead of accepting it; his hardness lies in caring more for his sufferings than his sins. He cries out wronged when he should marvel he is not in hell.
AI summary
Commenting on Genesis 4:13-15
And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord,.... Either from the place where the Lord was talking with him; or from the place where his glorious Majesty usually resided, where was some visible token of his presence, some stream of light and glory which showed him to be there, and which was at the east of the garden of Eden; from whence Cain...