Genesis 4:1-7

Continuing on with the study of Cain and Abel in Genesis Chapter 4.

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

Adam knew his wife Eve after the serpent seduced her. So both Cain and Abel were half brothers in the wound. The word in Hebrew in this case is the word “Ish” which means man and is separate from the bloodline of Adam, as Cain was not of the bloodline of Adam (Gen 5:3). In Genesis chapter 5 there is not even the remote chance of Cain as being begotten from Adam. Abel is not mentioned in Gen 5 because he is a non-surviving child.

Cain not being from Adam can also be verified by her using the word “Ish” only once. Only in this one case when she had Cain and not Abel is this word used. 

In this context the word “Lord” means serpent, in which, I have already cover it in another post. Because Lord also can mean God almighty and is used differently in the rest of these verses, it becomes obvious that the word Lord at this point now means a different Lord, the Lord of Lords!

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

When Abel came along he was a keeper of sheep. Abel sacrificed his sheep to the Father, and was preparing for the Messiah to come and redeem Adam and his kin, and Cain worked the land.

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.

Cain worked the ground. Which in itself is not wrong. He had the ability to work with Abel by producing food in trade for sheep.

4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his sheep offering.

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

Cains offering was not what was required of him, as he became wrathful, and no respect came to him from the Lord.

6 And the Lord said unto Cain Why art thou wroth? And why is thy countenance fallen?

The Father Asks Cain why is he wrathful, while at the same time his approval fell.

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 shall rule over him.

The Father puts it on the line with Cain, if he does what is expected, he will be accepted. If not then his life will digress into a life of sin. This is obviously Cain's decision in which way he wants to handle his shortcomings and not the Lord's at this point.