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Genesis 3 is the account of man’s original sin and Genesis 4 is a record of subsequent sins committed after the original sin. The impact of the original sin committed by Adam was not limited just to him; its influence spread to all of his descendants. The results of sin inherited from Adam first became apparent in Cain, but this sinfulness was also not limited to Cain. Sin prospered and grew increasingly strong in the people who were unable to restrain its powers through the Word of God. Sinfulness and wickedness became common traits apparent in all of the descendants in the line of Cain. The cycle of sin and violence that began with Cain’s act of murder advanced in the succeeding generations and reached its culmination during the generation of Lamech.

The genealogy according to the line of Cain is a “genealogy apart from God”; any mention of God’s name and His works is conspicuously absent.

In this chapter, we will study the genealogy of the line of Cain recorded in Genesis 4 and examine the lives of his descendants. We will learn about how unbelief continued to reappear in their lives as they followed after Cain’s sinfulness, and we will trace the spiritual root of that unbelief.