Genesis 4:7
If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And unto you shall be his desire, and you shall rule over him.
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6And the LORD said unto Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your countenance fallen?
Cross References
Genesis 3:16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in sorrow you shall bring forth children; and your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.
Genesis 19:21And he said unto him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which you have spoken.
2 Samuel 24:23All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD your God accept you.
Job 29:4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
Proverbs 18:5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Ecclesiastes 8:12Though 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, which 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 →