Génesis 4:9

9 Luego el Señor
le preguntó a Caín:
—¿Dónde está tu hermano? ¿Dónde está Abel?
—No lo sé —contestó Caín—. ¿Acaso soy yo el guardián de mi hermano?

Génesis 4:9 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 4:9

And the Lord said unto Cain, where is Abel thy brother?
&c.] Perhaps this was said to him the next time he came to offer, he not being with him: this question is put, not as being ignorant where he was, but in order to bring Cain to a conviction and confession of his sin, to touch his conscience with it, and fill it with remorse for it; and, for the aggravation of it, observes the relation of Abel to him, his brother: and he said, I know not;
which was a downright lie; for he must know where he had left him or laid him: this shows him to be under the influence of Satan, who was a liar, and the father of lies, as well as a murderer from the beginning; and that he was so blinded by him, as to forget whom he was speaking to; that he was the omniscient God, and knew the wickedness he had done, and the falsehood he now delivered, and was capable of confronting him with both, and of inflicting just punishment on him. [Am] I my brother's keeper?
which was very saucily and impudently spoken: it is not only put by way of interrogation, but of admiration, as Jarchi observes, as wondering at it, that God should put such a question to him, since he knew he had not the charge of his brother, and his brother was at age to take care of himself; and if not, it rather belonged to God and his providence to take care of him, and not to him: so hardened was he in his iniquity, he had stretched out his hand against his brother, and now he stretched it out against God, and ran upon him, even on the thick bosses of his buckler.

Génesis 4:9 In-Context

7 Serás aceptado si haces lo correcto, pero si te niegas a hacer lo correcto, entonces, ¡ten cuidado! El pecado está a la puerta, al acecho y ansioso por controlarte; pero tú debes dominarlo y ser su amo».

8 Cierto día Caín dijo a su hermano: «Salgamos al campo».
Mientras estaban en el campo, Caín atacó a su hermano Abel y lo mató.

9 Luego el Señor
le preguntó a Caín:
—¿Dónde está tu hermano? ¿Dónde está Abel?
—No lo sé —contestó Caín—. ¿Acaso soy yo el guardián de mi hermano?

10 Pero el Señor
le dijo:
—¿Qué has hecho? ¡Escucha! ¡La sangre de tu hermano clama a mí desde la tierra!

11 Ahora eres maldito y serás expulsado de la tierra que se ha tragado la sangre de tu hermano.