Genesis 4
Treated in 18 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 4:7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door. It wants to have you, but you must master it." 7
- 4:4 And Abel also brought an offering: some of the firstborn of his flock, with their fat portions. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 2
- 4:6 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 2
- 4:10 The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground. 2
- 4:16 So Cain went out from the LORD's presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. 2
- 4:1 The man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, "With the help of the LORD I have brought a man into being." 1
- 4:2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel kept flocks of sheep and goats, and Cain worked the ground. 1
- 4:15 But the LORD said to him, "Because of this, whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him. 1
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Where it is preached
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Cain and Abel cites Genesis 4:7
…sin is crouching at the door; its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it” (Genesis 4:7). Evidently, Cain had not yet sinned! There was no sin in his approach to God nor in his…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the First cites Gen. iv. 7
…what they ought to do! . Sect. LV. — ANOTHER passage is adduced by our Diatribe out of Gen. iv. 7.: where the Lord saith unto Cain, “Under thee shall be the desire of sin, and thou shalt…
- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in a conjugal relation, in its consequential affections cites Gen. iv. 1
…(so most properly, אֶת denoting the fourth case); and this was the matter of her joy, Gen. iv. 1. Lamech having Noah given to him as a type of Christ and salvation by him, cries out…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 5 — The Arguments Usually Alleged in Support of Free Will Refuted cites Gen. 4:7
…the passage of Genesis, “Unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him,” (Gen. 4:7). This they interpret of sin, as if the Lord were promising Cain that the dominion of sin…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
October cites Gen. iv. 15
…beginning of our destruction.—Mark Guy Pearse. October 19 The Lord set a mark upon Cain. Gen. iv. 15. We speak of the mark of Cain as if it was the mark of a curse. In reality it was the…
- The Big Story ·
Floods and Towers cites Genesis 4:7
…do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it” (Genesis 4:7). Sin is pictured as a wild animal waiting outside the door. Cain doesn’t master it. He…
- Sons of the King – 30 Days with God for Guys – Book 1 ·
Day 9 — Sin at the Door cites Genesis 4:6–7
…what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.’” — Genesis 4:6–7 (BSB) Cain and Abel were the first two brothers in history, the sons of Adam and Eve.…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites Gen 4: 6
…it begins in discontent against God, and ends in injury against man, as we see in Cain. Gen 4: 6, 8. Envious Cain was first discontented with God, by which he broke the first table; and…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Gen. 4:10
…2:17); and to Cain, “The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground,” (Gen. 4:10); but these, so far from being fitted to establish faith, tend only to shake it. At the…
- The Key Teachings of Gareth Evans ·
The Rock of Offence cites GENESIS 4:7
…sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. GENESIS 4:7 What offence costs In The Key in My Hand and again in He Holds My Tomorrows, Evans traces…
- Morning by Morning ·
January cites Genesis 4:2
…shalt yet discover him to thy joy and gladness. January 20 “Abel was a keeper of sheep.” (Genesis 4:2) As a shepherd Abel sanctified his work to the glory of God, and offered a sacrifice of…
- Real Questions – Book 3 ·
What Is Sin, Really? cites Genesis 4:7
…that gets a grip on us. God warned Cain, “sin is crouching at your door; it desires you” (Genesis 4:7), like an animal waiting to pounce. Jesus said, “everyone who sins is a slave to sin”…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 1: In the Beginning ·
Two Brothers cites Genesis 4:7
“If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?” — Genesis 4:7 After they left the garden, Adam and Eve had two sons. The older one was called Cain, and…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 14 — The Beginning of Justification cites Gen. 4:4
…sets before us. Moses says that “the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering,” (Gen. 4:4). Observe how he says that the Lord was propitious (had respect) to Abel, before he had…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Being of God cites Gen 4:16
…enemies and punish them. But is it not said, Cain went out from the presence of the Lord? Gen 4:16. The meaning is, he went out from the church of God, where were the visible signs of…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Unity of God cites Gen 4:4
…our hearts to give him the best of everything. Abel gave God the fat of the offering. Gen 4:4. Domitian would not have his image carved in wood, or iron, but in gold. We please God…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Adam's Sin cites Gen 4:10
…so loud in God’s ears, ‘The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground,’ Gen 4:10; how loud did the blood of all Adam’s posterity cry against him for vengeance! (10:)…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Adoption cites Gen 4:16
…they care not to be in God’s presence. ‘Cain went out from the presence of the Lord.’ Gen 4:16. Not that he could go out of God’s sight, but the meaning is, ‘Cain went out from the…