Genesis 4:7
If thou doest right, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not right, chattat is lurking at the petach. And unto thee shall be its teshukah (desire), and thou must rule over it.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6And Hashem said unto Kayin, Why art thou angry? And why is thy countenance fallen?
Cross References
Genesis 3:16Unto HaIsha He said, 1 I will greatly multiply thy itzavon ([labor] pain) and thy childbearing; 1 in pain thou shalt bring forth banim; 1 and thy teshukah (longing, desire) shall be to thy husband, 1 and he shall rule over thee.
Genesis 19:21And He said unto him, Hinei, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the Ir, for the which thou hast spoken.
2 Samuel 24:23All these things did Aravnah, hamelech lamelech, give. And Aravnah said unto HaMelech, Hashem Eloheicha yirtzecha (accept thee).
Job 29:4As I was in the days of my prime, 1 when the Sod Eloah (friendship, counsel of G-d) was over my ohel; 1
Proverbs 18:5It is not tov to show partiality to the rashah, 1 to subvert the tzaddik in mishpat. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a choteh do rah an hundred times, and his yamim be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear HaElohim, which fear before Hashem;
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 →