Genesis 4:5

and to Cain and to his present He has not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

In Context

4and Abel, he has brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, and from their fat ones; and YHWH looks to Abel and to his present,

6And YHWH says to Cain, “Why do you have displeasure? And why has your countenance fallen?

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Cross References

Genesis 31:2and Jacob sees the face of Laban, and behold, it is not with him as before.

Genesis 39:19And it comes to pass, when his lord hears the words of his wife, which she has spoken to him, saying, “According to these things has your servant done to me,” that his anger burns;

Job 5:2For provocation slays the perverse, || And envy puts to death the simple,

Psalms 20:3He remembers all your presents, || And reduces your burnt-offering to ashes. Selah.

Ecclesiastes 4:4And I have seen all the labor, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbor. Even this [is] vanity and distress of spirit.

Matthew 20:15is it not lawful to me to do what I will in my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?

Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:4-6

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord . 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Here we have, I. The devotions of Cain and Abel. In process of time, when they had made some improvement in their respective callings (Heb. At the end of… Read the whole commentary →

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