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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: How does Gen 4:4-5 relate to Heb 4:11 |
Bible Note: Hi Searcher56, You are probably correct in thinking that he meant Hebrew 11:4 rather than 4:11. In my thinking about the three passages I thought about Cain being told by God that he must master sin and he failed. We too are told to be diligent lest we fall through following examples of disobedience. But we are to be men of faith who not draw back, but will believe for salvation. Genesis 4:7, "If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it." Hebrews 4:11, "Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall through following the same example of disobedience." Hebrews 10:36-11:2, "For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. FOR YET IN A LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY. BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH; AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM. But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old gained approval." We want to hear at the end a "Well done" do we not? If we do well we live in joy. If we live by faith, He will be pleased with us. From the heart, Ray |