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Genesis 4:7 KJV
Genesis · chapter 4 · verse 7
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.Genesis 4:7 · King James Version
Genesis 4:7 in context
5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7If 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.
8And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9And 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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Key words (Strong's)
- acceptedsᵉʼêthan elevation or leprous scabH7613 →
- desiretᵉshûwqâha longingH8669 →
- liethrâbatsto crouchH7257 →
- wellyâṭabto be make well, literally or figurativelyH3190 →
- doorpethachan openingH6607 →
- sinchaṭṭâʼâhan offence , and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiationH2403 →
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God is here reasoning with Cain, to convince him of the sin and folly of his anger and discontent, and to bring him into a good temper again, that further mischief might be prevented. It is an instance of God's patience and condescending goodness that he would deal thus tenderly with so bad a man, in so bad an affair.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-7