Verse 5
5. But unto Cain… not respect Why? From Hebrews 11:4, we infer that it was because of some lack of faith, for “by faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain . ” Cain’s, then, was not the blossomings or the fruit of faith in Jehovah . It sprung from no profound conception of the grounds or need of sacrifice . And, perhaps, as suggested above, Cain’s lack of faith was evinced by his neglect to bring a bleeding victim . If animal sacrifices were of divine institution, (see note on 3:21,) Cain must have known the fact and the mode; but so far from regarding it, he seems not to have been even careful to bring the firstfruits of the ground . Hence his offering was not a doing well . Genesis 4:7.
Cain was very wroth Manifestly yielding to passions of jealousy and anger .
His countenance fell Like a sullen, spoiled child, pouting with bad passion, and waiting for an opportunity of revenge .
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