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Verse Genesis 4:7. _IF THOU DOEST WELL_] That which is right in the
sight of God, _shalt thou not be accepted_? Does God reject any man
who serves him in simplicity and godly sincerity? _But if thou...
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- Section IV - The Family of Adam
- Cain and Abel
1. קין _qayı̂n_, Qain (Cain), “spear-shaft,” and קנה
_qānah_, “set up, establish, gain, buy,” contain the biliteral
root קן _qan_, “set up, erect, g...
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CHAPTER 4
After the Fall and the Two Seeds
_ 1. Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1)_
2. Their offerings (Genesis 4:3)
3. The divine remonstrance (Genesis 4:6)
4. Abel slain by his brother ...
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The Story of Cain and Abel. This belongs to the J cycle of stories,
but apparently not to the same stratum as Genesis 4:3, for it is
assumed that the earth has a population from which Cain fears
venge...
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IF THOU DOEST WELL, SHALT THOU NOT BE ACCEPTED?
His rejection is placed upon the ground of his own acts. He can secure
favor by. change of his course.
SIN LIETH AT THE DOOR.
Sin is personified and...
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IF. The Hebrew Accent (_Pashta_) puts the emphasis on the 1st "well"
and on this 2nd "if", to mark the solemn and Important alternative.
SIN. sin offering. Hebrew. _chata._ See App-43. The word "offer...
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_If thou doest well_, &c. A verse well known for its difficulties. The
rendering in the marg. "shall it not be lifted up?" should be
followed. Literally the first clause runs thus: "Is there not, if t...
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PART SEVENTEEN
THE BEGINNING OF TRUE RELIGION
(Genesis 4:1-15)
1. _Preliminary Definitions_
It is doubtful that there is a more ambiguous word in our language
today than the word religion. It has li...
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_IF THOU DOEST WELL, SHALT THOU NOT BE ACCEPTED? AND IF THOU DOEST NOT
WELL, SIN LIETH AT THE DOOR. AND UNTO THEE SHALL BE HIS DESIRE, AND
THOU SHALT RULE OVER HIM._
If thou doest well, shalt thou no...
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4:7 confidence]? (g-12) See Job 11:15 . Or possibly, 'shalt thou not
be accepted.' But I should question 'accepted,' the rather as _ nasa_
is used for it here. Lit. 'is there not a lifting up?' sin ...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 4
CAIN KILLS ABEL
V1 Adam had sex with his wife Eve and she became *pregnant. Her son
Cain was born. She said, ‘I have gained a man by the *Lord’...
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Cain was angry. That was an evil thing, but God did not accuse him.
Instead, God offered to accept Cain. So when we do wrong things, God
does not accuse us. Instead, he asks us to come back to him. If...
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IF THOU DOEST WELL. — This most difficult verse is capable of a
satisfactory interpretation, provided that we refuse to admit into
this ancient narrative the ideas of a subsequent age. Literally, the...
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הֲ לֹ֤וא אִם ־תֵּיטִיב֙ שְׂאֵ֔ת וְ
אִם֙
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CAIN AND ABEL
Genesis 4:1
IT is not the purpose of this narrator to write the history of the
world. It is not his purpose to write even the history of mankind. His
object is to write the history of r...
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OFFERINGS BY CAIN AND ABEL
Genesis 3:22; Genesis 4:1
It was good that man should be driven from Eden. Soft comfort
enervates. The natives of the South Sea Islands are moral pulp. Man
goes forth from...
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The degeneration of the first man and woman was transmitted, the
firstborn being manifestly an inheritor of the fallen nature of his
parents. His mother named him Cain, intimating a hope that the seed...
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Even though Adam and Eve had sinned and been driven out of the garden,
there were moments of joy. Eve conceived and bore Cain. She said, "I
have gotten a man from the Lord" (Genesis 4:1). Her statemen...
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If thou doest well, shalt thou not be (e) accepted? and if thou doest
not well, sin lieth at the (f) door. And unto thee [shall be] his (g)
desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
(e) Both you and your...
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Over it. This is a clear proof of free-will. To destroy its force,
Protestants translate over him, as if Cain should still retain his
privilege of the first-born, notwithstanding all his wickedness, a...
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And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood
crieth unto me from the ground.
Hebrews 12:24. In the original, it is, thy Brother's bloods; as if,
not only the death of Abel was co...
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There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention
may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with
facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
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7._If thou does well_. In these words God reproves Cain for having
been unjustly angry, inasmuch as the blame of the whole evil lay with
himself. For foolish indeed was his complaint and indignation a...
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But grace could work. The grace of a God above the evil of man, and
Abel approaches Him by faith. Hereon follows the separation of the
families of God and of the enemy, of the world and of faith. Abel...
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IF THOU DOEST WELL, SHALT THOU NOT BE ACCEPTED?.... That is, either if
thou doest thy works well in general, doest good works in a right way
and manner, according to life will of God, and directed to...
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If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not
well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire, and
thou shalt rule over him.
Ver. 7. _Sin lies at the door._]...
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Gen. 4:7. "If thou doest well, shalt not thou be accepted; and if thou
doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Cain was not accepted in his
offering, because he did not well - because, 1. He was a wic...
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_Cain was very wroth_ Full of rage against God and his brother. _His
countenance fell_ His looks became sour, dejected, and angry. _The
Lord said unto Cain_ to convince him of his sin, and bring him t...
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1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel.
8 The murder of Abel.
9 The curse of Cain.
17 Enoch the first citie.
19 Lamech and his two wiues.
25 The birth of Seth,
26 and Enos.
1 AND Ada...
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If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not
well, sin lieth at the door. The fault lay altogether with Cain
himself; for if he had done well, if he had had faith and shown th...
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The First Murder...
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SECOND SECTION
_Cain and Abel. The Cainites. The ungodly Worldliness of the First
Civilization._
GENESIS 4:1-26
1And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived, and bare Cain [the
gotten, or possessi...
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CAIN AND ABEL
Adam and Eve, having acquired a sinful nature, could only communicate
the same nature to their children. Their firstborn was named Cain,
which means "smith" or "fabricator," one who plan...
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BE ACCEPTED?:
Or, have the excellency?
UNTO THEE:
Or, subject unto thee...
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1-7 When Cain was born, Eve said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
Perhaps she thought that this was the promised seed. If so, she was
wofully disappointed. Abel signifies vanity: when she thought...
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IF THOU DOEST WELL, or, for the future _shalt do well, _ i.e. repent
of thy sin, amend thy life, offer thy offerings with a willing and
cheerful mind and honest heart, in faith and love, as Abel did,...
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& Genesis 5:1-32
As each section of the Book of Genesis opens before us, we are
furnished with fresh evidence of the fact that we are travelling over,
what a recent writer has well termed, "the seed-...
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Genesis 4:7 If H518 well H3190 (H8686) accepted H7613 well H3190
(H8686) sin H2403 lies H7257 ...
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THE STORY OF CAIN AND ABEL (GENESIS 4:1 TO GENESIS 5:1 A).
Genesis 4:1. The Sin of Cain TABLET III
It is quite clear that this section once existed separately from
Genesis 2-3. The immediate and last...
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‘Yahweh said to Cain, ‘why are you angry, and why does your face
express such disapproval? If you do well, is there not a lifting up?
And if you do not do well, sin is couching at the door. It longs t...
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SIN
Or, sin-offering. In Hebrew the same word is used for "sin," and
"sin-offering," thus emphasizing in a remarkable way the complete
identification of the believer's sin with his sin offering (cf)...
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Genesis 4
I.
From the story of Cain we gather the following thoughts:
I. Eve's disappointment at the birth of Cain should be a warning to
all mothers. Over-estimate of children may be traced somet...
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Genesis 4:7
The key to the interpretation of these words is to remember that they
describe what happens after and because of wrong-doing. They are all
suspended on "If thou doest not well." The word t...
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Genesis 4:3
I. The first question to be asked is this: What did Cain and Abel know
about sacrifice? Although we should certainly have expected Moses to
inform us plainly if there had been a direct ord...
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CONTENTS: First sons of Adam, Cain and Abel. Murder of Abel. First
civilization. Birth of Seth.
CHARACTERS: Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Seth.
CONCLUSION: Attainment can never take the place of Atonement....
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Genesis 4:1. _I have gotten._ קניתי _kaniti,_ from the root
_kana,_ he possessed. The LXX have betrayed their ignorance of the
Eternal Word, or Wisdom, by frequently rendering this word _created._
God...
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_Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground_
THE STORY OF CAIN AND ABEL
I. RELIGION ACTUATED MEN IN THE VERY EARLIEST TIMES.
II. THE MERE NATURAL RELIGION IS ESSENTIALLY DEFECT...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 4:6 The Lord’s words challenge Cain to do
better. He still has the possibility of pleasing God. To do so,
however, he must overcome the power of SIN, which is like a wild beast...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 4:7. Sin lieth at the door.] Rather: “A sin-offering is
crouching at the door, or (more generally) opening”: _e.g._ “at
the opening, or entrance, of thy brother’s fold.” This...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 4:1
Exiled from Eden, o'er, canopied by grace, animated by hope, assured
of the Divine forgiveness, and filled with a sweet peace, the first
pair enter on their life experience of...
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Lets turn to Genesis Chapter four.
Adam and Eve have been expelled from the Garden of Eden because of
their disobedience to God.
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and
said...
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If thou doest well. Genesis 19:21 2 Samuel 24:23 2 Kings 8:28 Job 42:8
Prov
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SEEING CHRIST IN CAIN AND ABEL
Genesis 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Cain and Abel came by natural generation. The only human beings God
ever created were Adam and Eve. They were created with the power...
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CAIN AND ABEL
Genesis 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It falls to our lot to connect the links between our last study and
today's.
1. WE HAVE ADAM NAMING HIS WIFE, "EVE." Here is the Scripture: "And
Adam ca...
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If thou dost well, shalt thou not be accepted? — Either, 1. If thou
hadst done well, as thy brother did, thou shouldest have been accepted
as he was. God is no respecter of persons; so that if we come...