Bible Study, Part 4

Creation of Light (אוֹר)
By Gustave Doré

Genesis, Chapter 4 |
Sunday – July 12, 2026

So far this "Bible Study series" has been a blessing and a delight in the truest sense of those words, for I can feel the weight of God Almighty and of history on my shoulders as I write this, and I can ensure all readers that I am fully inspired by divine revelation, read "Dreaming". I should clarify though, that by divine revelation I do not mean to imply that I possess some kind of special knowledge that otherwise would be inaccessible to everyone else, for the truth of the matter is that the Bible is a revealed source, which means that any qualified, properly so speaking, man has the potential to access the same knowledge as me; again I as an individual am in no way special or privileged and I want to further reiterate the fact that I am of very little importance in view of what I have just stated. Again, always keep a separation between the individual author and the stated words of that author, as author and words not necessarily have to correspond or even coincide in all contexts; indeed always emphasize the word before the author as you cannot possibly be held responsible for the actions and history of the author. On a personal note, I must assert that I do find a certain level of liberation in allowing for this separation, this boundary.

    This is the 4th post in this series and I must remind you to read the three preceding parts before you read this part, as this will bring you up to date on the series and also help you follow along in this study. The links to part 1, 2, and 3 can be accessed by clicking on the numbers corresponding to each part, that is in chronological order. If you have already read the parts preceding this part, then you may of course proceed to read this part; if you have not read the preceding parts but wish to read this part regardless, then that decision is wholly yours, but I will warn you that simply reading this part without the proper context of the previous parts may cause confusion as they relate to each other in the same way each chapter of the Bible relates to the chapters immediately adjacent and in turn all other chapters; really what I am developing here is a chain that rests upon the coöperation of each link, and without this shared context it will be hard to follow along in this Bible series. Again, you are of course fully responsible for how you choose to approach this study, but prudence would suggest that you follow my recommendations, read "Failure". I will also reiterate that I have no hard rules as far as this series is concerned, and while I have only covered one chapter at a time so far, this is no rule and there may come a time when I deem it appropriate enough for me to cover more than one chapter, depending on the context. It is true that only covering one chapter of the Bible will turn this into a rather slow study, but then again there is no pity in that, since doing things slowly and with room for breath is the best way to approach difficult subjects; really, this Bible series will be disconnected from the world in arms and in disarray all around us, which means that there is no reason to rush this. I will ensure that I cover each verse of each chapter in a careful manner.

    Of course, there are certain rules that I should mention, rules that are not hard but soft, soft in that I will apply them whenever appropriate, such as the the need of including brackets ([text]) whenever I am quoting something from a relevant Biblical passage, and the brackets would be used to mark one of a couple of things: either I will rely on brackets to mark much needed context being added; or I will sometimes only include the most relevant verses from the part of the Bible being considered, and in such circumstances I will rely on brackets with three dots inside of them ([...]), to mark that there are preceding verses not being included in the quotation or a continuation of the verse not being included, this can happen mostly for the purpose of saving time and space; and I will also substitute the name "Lord God" with Yahweh (YHWH), and this is the closest that I will come to a hard rule, but I will only substitute God for Yahweh in the Old Testament, as the Old Testament, more specifically the Tanakh (תָּנָ״ךְ), represents a sacred covenant between God (Yahweh Elohim) and the Jews, and therefore it is important to observe this by relying on the usage of the correct name, Yahweh (alternatively Jehovah). The reason why I mentioned substitution is also because of my only hard rule: namely that I rely on one specific published version of the Bible, namely the Catholic New Revised Standard (NRSV-CE); I keep reiterating this in each of these posts: if you are relying on a different published or non-published version of the Bible, then you are responsible for following along with each verse of each chapter of the Bible, as there are often subtle and sometimes vast differences between the many different published version of the Bible, and this is why I have provided a link to the version of the Bible that I am relying on so that you can follow along more accurately. I will also mention that I do rely on other published versions of the Bible secondarily, primarily to crosscheck each verse, but I regard the NRSV as the most reliable publication of the Bible in modern and plain English.

    Lastly, before we can proceed with the study at hand: if you have complaints about anything that I have written and asserted, then you are free to post them in the comment section below this post. I have received a few complaints so far on the official email attached to this page (etherealinsight@protonmail.com), but my policy is to only handle complaints in the comment section, as I have largely reserved other channels of communication for discussions of a more private nature, such as readers sending forward letters containing privileged information, etc. What this means is that I am unlikely to respond to an email complaint as I simply do not have time to handle them, nor do I have time to connect each complaint to each relevant post; simply using the comment section is the best and most straightforward option. This is not a hard rule, but it is a recommendation if you actually want me to respond; I also call on you to refrain from using offensive words in your comments.

Cain Murders Abel
Genesis 4:1 – 8:

Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, 'I have produced a man with the help of [Yahweh].' Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground. In the course of time Cain brought to [Yahweh] an offering of the fruit of the ground, and Abel for his part brought of the firstlings of his flock, their fat portions. And [Yahweh] had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. [Yahweh] said to Cain, 'Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.'

The story of Cain (קַיִן) and Abel (הֶבֶל) can be understood from the point of view of multiple perspectives, but the most important perspective in this instance, for the purposes of this study, is that of the first schism between two people: if the first and original schism occurred with the first sin, the original sin as mentioned in part 3 of this series, this is the first instance of politics in the corporeal realm, after Adam and Eve had been sent out of the Garden of Eden, the first time in which humanity had to live with the consequences of their actions after the original sin, something that I will explain further below. Indeed, Yahweh tells Cain that he must master sin, sin's desire for him and indeed for his life. See, it should become apparent as well below why this passage in particular is important, because after all sin is all around us, it keeps us enticed and on the edge. Really, the principles of sin and of decay all proceed from that first moment in time and in history, from the original sin, really from the moment when time itself was nothing but pure potential at the summit of the realized world, when good and evil was conceived, and when life was forever cursed to move forward in a unidirectional manner; from that moment onward time and sin had to proceed with relentless force and without consideration for form and tradition, and this is something that is alluded to already in chapter 2, 2:10 – 14 of Genesis. Indeed, it should become clear from this passage that time moves the world in such a way that it proceeds downward, from higher to lower principles, from essence towards substance. Further, in the example of the brothers of Cain and Abel, we may also observe that intrinsic quality—that I keep returning to in this study—of the necessity of the shadow wherever the light goes, wherever there is good there must also be evil, wherever there is order there must be disarray defining order, wherever there is a witness to truth there must be a witness to deceit; truly this is the essence of the primeval force – of the moving hand. This passage of Genesis also makes it clear that certain roles and certain inclinations are reserved for certain people, read "Hierarchy" and "The Census", for Cain was a tiller of the ground and his brother Abel a keeper of sheep. Abel was indeed able and therefore good in the purview of the supra-human order; Cain, on the other hand, was further still from the supra-human order, and Yahweh makes this clear later on in this chapter by saying to Cain: "Not so! Whoever kills Cain will suffer a sevenfold vengeance." — Genesis 4:15.

Genesis 4:9 – 16:

Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let us go out to the field.' And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and killed him. Then [Yahweh] said to Cain, 'Where is your brother Abel?' He said, 'I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?' And [Yahweh] said, 'What have you done? Listen; your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground! And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you till the ground, it will no longer yield to you its strength; you will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.' Cain said to [Yahweh], 'My punishment is greater than I can bear! Today you have driven me away from the soil, and I shall be hidden from your face; I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and anyone who meets me may kill me.' Then [Yahweh] said to him, 'Not so! Whoever kills Cain will suffer a sevenfold vengeance.' And [Yahweh] put a mark on Cain, so that no one who came upon him would kill him. Then Cain went away from the presence of [Yahweh], and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

As alluded to above: Cain was cursed from the ground and condemned to wander the Earth for the murder of his brother Abel. Indeed, the first schism  in the corporeal realm was now completed and the destiny of Cain and that of man was set forth; the first schism between two men had exacted its revenge and politics became the destiny of the vengeful and indeed of everyone who engages in the activity of baseless and sentimental speculation, for these are the children of Cain, really the carriers of the hysteria and the commotion of the modern world, and these men where from this moment destined to reign over the Earth, read "Temporal Power", and over the arch of history.

Beginnings of Civilization
Genesis 4:17 – 26:

Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch; and he built a city, and named it Enoch after his son Enoch. To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael the father of Methushael, and Methushael the father of Lamech. Lamech took two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. Adah bore Jabal; he was the ancestor of those who live in tents and have livestock. His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the ancestor of all those who play the lyre and pipe. Zillah bore Tubal-cain, who made all kinds of bronze and iron tools. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah [...]. 

[...] Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, for she said, '[Yahweh] has appointed for me another child instead of Abel, because Cain killed him.'

This passage of Genesis acts to further reiterate what was previously stated about hierarchies and of ability: from Cain the beginnings of civilization proceeded, and he had sons from whom the rest of civilization proceeded, really from the one principle to the other, in the form of primeval ancestors, from which the principles of certain inclinations themselves proceeded, indeed this should be taken as a sign that the nature of hierarchy is very much an intrinsic part of the nature of reality and of the nature of man, and this should also be taken as a sign of that schism alluded to above: that the ocean between two different men expands over the deep waters of natural ability and that no two men can be identical without violating the laws of the universe, the will of Yahweh, and that what defines men are essential qualities that may not be quantified in mechanism or the subjugation of nature to the will of the reasoned order – modern man's crusade against nature. Really, ability and differences in ability became inevitable with knowledge and the awareness of this, Cains' envy of Abel. For this, Yahweh made it so that Even conceived of a third brother, Seth, who became the father of Enosh, Genesis 4:25 & 26. "At that time people began to invoke the name of "[Yahweh]". And so, civilization should proceed from the good and the evil, from the conception of a new generation and from the conception of a new sin, from the dawn of the new day and from the dusk of the old day – wherever there was light there was also a shadow.

    You have reached the end of this part of the Bible, or rather my examination of the Bible. For more on this series, follow the label "Bible Study series". If you are interested in me, read my "About me page" and my "Who Am I" post.

Reginald Drax (AKA, M. C. Dutt) – July 12, 2026.