Genesis 4:7
If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou mayest rule over it.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
6And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
Cross References
Genesis 3:16Unto the woman He said: 'I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.'
Genesis 19:21And he said unto him: 'See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
2 Samuel 24:23All this did Araunah the king give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king: 'The LORD thy God accept thee.'
Job 29:4As I was in the days of my youth, when the converse of God was upon my tent;
Proverbs 18:5It is not good to respect the person of the wicked, so as to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
Ecclesiastes 8:12because a sinner doeth evil a hundred times, and prolongeth his days — though yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before Him;
Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:7-8
6 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →