And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
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Interpretation
Malice in the heart ends in murder by the hands. Cain slew Abel, his own brother, his own mother's son, whom he ought to have loved; his younger brother, whom he ought to have protected; a good brother, who had never done him any wrong.
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This thought runs through Genesis 4:9-12.
Genesis 4:9 quoted in popular culture
- Remarks to the National Fraternal Press Association
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Remarks to the National Fraternal Press Association · Theodore Roosevelt · American Presidency Project hit for the phrase "my brother's keeper". Excerpt: every citizen can say, "I am my brother's keeper ." It is very gratifying to …
- Choices
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Obama presidential campaign ad · Barack Obama · Obama made "I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper" a signature campaign refrain.
- The President's Weekly Address
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Thanksgiving weekly address · Barack Obama · Obama reused the brother's keeper line as a summary of mutual responsibility in American civic life.
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- The President's Weekly Address
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- Abel
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- Albert Schweitzer
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- Barack Obama
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- Cain
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- Danny Phantom/Season 1
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- East of Eden (novel)
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- ER (season 4)
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- Eugene V. Debs
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- Everwood
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- Generator Rex
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- Genesis
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- George C. Homans
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- Harry Schwarz
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- Henri de Lubac
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- Herman's Head
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- James Comey
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- January 14
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- Justice
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- Last words in Marvel Cinematic Universe media
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- Lucifer (TV series)
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- Luke Cage (TV series)
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- Manuel Rivera-Ortiz
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- Mohammad Ali Jauhar
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- Mr. Robot
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- NCIS: New Orleans (season 1)
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- New Jack City
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- September 11
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- Siblings
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- Sociology
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- Supernatural (season 10)
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- The Brady Bunch
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- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (season 2)
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- The Vampire Diaries (season 4)
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- Tony Blair
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- Touched by an Angel (season 5)
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- William Tyndale
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- Zola Nombona
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