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 man of an irritable, morose, choleric, discontented, malignant temper; and as the scene described most probably took place at a solemn assembly, in presence of a large company, consisting of their congregated descendants, of whom, according to patriarchal usage, the fathers were the priests, the rejection of Cain's offering was felt by him as a public affront, which wounded his pride and remained rankling in his breast.