Gen 4:9 | TNotes | STEP | 4:9 Where is your brother? The questions God asked Cain (4:6 , 9 , 10 ) recall those that God asked Cain’s parents (3:9-13 ). In both cases, humans put up evasive answers (cp. 3:12-13 ). Cain’s answer is shockingly defiant—another clue that the problem with his token offering was the attitude that lay behind it.

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‏ Genesis 4:9

4:9 ^a Where is your brother? The questions God asked Cain (4:6 ^b, 9 ^c, 10 ^d) recall those that God asked Cain’s parents (3:9-13 ^e). In both cases, humans put up evasive answers (cp. 3:12-13 ^f). Cain’s answer is shockingly defiant—another clue that the problem with his token offering was the attitude that lay behind it.