Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.'Genesis 4:7 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleIf 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 doest not well, can wrath and indignation against thy righteous brother save thee from the displeasure under which thou art fallen? On the contrary, have recourse to thy Maker for mercy; לפתח חטאת רבץ lappethach chattath robets, a sin-offering lieth at thy door; an animal proper to be offered as an atonement for sin is now couching at the door of thy fold.
The words חטאת chattath, and חטאת chattaah, frequently signify sin; but I have observed more than a hundred places in the Old Testament where they are used for sin-offering, and translated ἁμαρτια by the Septuagint, which is the term the apostle uses, 2 Corinthians 5:21 : He hath made him to be sin (ἁμαρτιαν, A Sin-Offering) for us, who knew no sin. Cain's fault now was his not bringing a sin-offering when his brother brought one, and his neglect and contempt caused his other offering to be rejected. However, God now graciously informs him that, though he had miscarried, his case was not yet desperate, as the means of faith, from the promise, etc., were in his power, and a victim proper for a sin-offering was lying (רבץ robets, a word used to express the lying down of a quadruped) at the door of his fold. How many sinners perish, not because there is not a Savior able and willing to save them, but because they will not use that which is within their power! Of such how true is that word of our Lord, Ye will not come unto me that ye might have life!
Unto thee shall be his desire, etc. - That is, Thou shalt ever have the right of primogeniture, and in all things shall thy brother be subject unto thee. These words are not spoken of sin, as many have understood them, but of Abel's submission to Cain as his superior, and the words are spoken to remove Cain's envy.
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If thou doest well.
Genesis 19:21 And he said to him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city...
2 Samuel 24:23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give to the king. And Araunah said to the king, The LORD your God accept you.
2 Kings 8:28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
Job 42:8 Therefore take to you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering...
Proverbs 18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Ecclesiastes 8:12,13 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God...
Isaiah 3:10,11 Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings...
Jeremiah 6:20 To what purpose comes there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable...
Malachi 1:8,10,13 And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil...
Acts 10:35 But in every nation he that fears him, and works righteousness, is accepted with him.
Romans 2:7-10 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life...
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God...
Romans 14:18 For he that in these things serves Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Romans 15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God...
Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has made us accepted in the beloved.
1 Timothy 5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents...
1 Peter 2:5 You also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices...
be accepted. or, have the excellency.
Job 29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was on my tabernacle;
Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind?
Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous...
sin.
Genesis 4:8-13 And 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...
Romans 7:8,9 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead...
James 1:15 Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death.
unto thee, or, subject unto thee.
Genesis 3:16 To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in sorrow you shall bring forth children...
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