Genesis 4:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 4:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Section IV - The Family of Adam - Cain and Abel 1. קין qayı̂n , Qain (Cain), “spear-shaft,” and קנה qānah , “set up, establish, gain, buy,” contain the biliteral root קן qan , “se...
Genesis 4:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of Cain and Abel. This belongs to the J cycle of stories, but apparently not to the same stratum as Genesis 4:3 , for it is assumed that the earth has a population from which Cain fears ve...
Genesis 4:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. It is not to be doubted, that Cain conducted himself as hypocrites are accustomed to do; namely, that he wished to appease God, as one...
Genesis 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Unto Cain - As being unconscious of his sinfulness, and consequently unhumbled, and to his off...
Genesis 4:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell— Cain's jealousy and envy of his brother filled his heart with anger and indignation against him, passions which immediately discovered themselves in h...
Genesis 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. He seems to have been naturally a m...
Genesis 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Cain and Abel. The Descendants of Cain The narrative, which forms part of the Primitive document, impressively shows how sin, having once appeared, became hereditary in the human race, and speedil...
Genesis 4:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Cain was very wroth. — Heb., it burned to Cain exceedingly: that is, his heart was full of hot indignant feelings, because of the preference shown to his younger brother.
Genesis 4:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CAIN AND ABEL Genesis 4:1-26 IT is not the purpose of this narrator to write the history of the world. It is not his purpose to write even the history of mankind. His object is to write the his...
Genesis 4:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Offerings by Cain and Abel Genesis 3:22-24 ; Genesis 4:1-8 It was good that man should be driven from Eden. Soft comfort enervates. The natives of the South Sea Islands are moral pulp. Man goe...
Genesis 4:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The degeneration of the first man and woman was transmitted, the firstborn being manifestly an inheritor of the fallen nature of his parents. His mother named him Cain, intimating a hope that the see...
Genesis 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. Hebrews 12:24 . In the original, it is, thy Brother's bloods; as if, not only the death of Abel wa...
Genesis 4:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE DISREGARDED AND THE ACCEPTED OFFERING ‘And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: but unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect.’ Genesis 4:4-5 There are two things w...
Genesis 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect ,.... Not because of the matter of it, as some have thought; but because it was not offered in faith and sincerity, but in a formal and hypocriti...
Genesis 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Ver. 5. But to Cain and his offering, &c. ] Because he brought not the person but the...
Genesis 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Cain was very wroth Full of rage against God and his brother. His countenance fell His looks became sour, dejected, and angry. The Lord said unto Cain to convince him of his sin, and bring him...
Genesis 4:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

CAIN AND ABEL Adam and Eve, having acquired a sinful nature, could only communicate the same nature to their children. Their firstborn was named Cain, which means "smith" or "fabricator," one who...
Genesis 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the L ORD . 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat...
Genesis 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Cain was very wroth; partly with God, who, had cast so public a disgrace upon him, and given the preference to his younger brother; and partly with Abel, because he had received more honour from Go...
Genesis 4:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of Cain and Abel ( Genesis 4:1 to Genesis 5:1 a). Genesis 4:1-16 . The Sin of Cain TABLET III It is quite clear that this section once existed separately from Genesis 2-3. The immed...
Genesis 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 4:7 . Sin lieth at the door.] Rather: “A sin-offering is crouching at the door, or (more generally) opening”: e.g. “at the opening, or entrance, of thy brother’s fold.”...
Genesis 4:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 4 I. From the story of Cain we gather the following thoughts: I. Eve's disappointment at the birth of Cain should be a warning to all mothers. Over-estimate of children may be traced...
Genesis 4:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:1 . I have gotten. קניתי kaniti, from the root kana, he possessed. The LXX have betrayed their ignorance of the Eternal Word, or Wisdom, by frequently rendering this word created....
Genesis 4:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground The story of Cain and Abel I. RELIGION ACTUATED MEN IN THE VERY EARLIEST TIMES. II. THE MERE NATURAL RELIGION IS ESSENTIALLY D...
Genesis 4:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 4:1 Exiled from Eden, o'er, canopied by grace, animated by hope, assured of the Divine forgiveness, and filled with a sweet peace, the first pair enter on their life expe...
Genesis 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Offerings of Cain and Abel
Genesis 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But. Numbers 16:15 Hebrews 11:4 wroth. Genesis 31:2 Genesis 31:5 Job 5:2 Psalms 20:3 Isaiah 3:10 Isaiah 3:11 Matthew 20:15 Luke 15:28-30 Acts 13:45
Genesis 4:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Cain and Abel Genesis 4:1-16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It falls to our lot to connect the links between our last study and today's. 1. We have Adam naming his wife, "Eve." Here is the Scripture: "...
Genesis 4:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And Cain was wroth, and his countenance fell — Not so much out of grief as malice and rage. His sullen churlish countenance, and down — look, betrayed his passionate resentment.

Genesis 4:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 4:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 4:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 4:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 4:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 4:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 4:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 4:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 4:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 4:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes