Genesis 4:1-5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Offerings of Cain and Abel

Genesis 4:1-5

1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain,a and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

2 And she again bare his brother Abel.b And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

3 And in processc 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 flockd 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.