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NASB | Genesis 4:5 but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 4:5 but for Cain and his offering He had no respect. So Cain became extremely angry (indignant), and he looked annoyed and hostile. |
Subject: Why was Cain's offering not acceptable? |
Bible Note: Thanks for your quick responses, fellows. Your warm welcome is especially appreciated, Cyclist. Many thanks. Since getting your answers, I've also read John Gill's Exposition (just discovered it, actually) which says: "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 hypocritical manner, without any regard to the Messiah and his sacrifice, and without any view to the glory of God: no notice was taken, no approbation was given of it by the above token, or any other; so that it was manifest to Cain himself, that God did not approve of it, or was well pleased with it, as with his brother's." This, of course, seems to be in line with what Paul thought of this matter, in Hebrews 11:4. But it brings me to another question: How did they know all this? Isn't it just their own interpretation of the Bible and therefore fallible? John Gills and Paul were mere mortals, after all, weren't they? |