 | 1835 - 562 pagina’s
...illustrates a passage which has occasioned to commentators not a little perplexity. ' Gen. iv. 1. " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." ' There are some who affect to smile at the idea of sin lying at the door: it is, however, an Eastern... | |
 | 1835 - 424 pagina’s
...them. These constitute the first condition of acceptance ever named in Scripture. God said unto Cain, " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Remember all the promises to the chosen people of full blessing on these same terms. Remember that... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 652 pagina’s
...goats ; " and people in the East never speak of a flock without mentioning what is its kind. 7. — " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lleth at the door" D'Oyly and Mant interpret this, " Your sin will find you out." " Thy punishment... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 656 pagina’s
...East never speak of a flock without mentioning what is its kind. 7. — " If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." D'Oyly and Mant interpret this, " Your sin will find you out." " Thy punishment is not far off." They... | |
 | Morris Jacob Raphall - 1835 - 440 pagina’s
...occupation. His crime must have been most serious to call forth the Divine reproof: "If thou doest well, wilt thou not be accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." (Genesis iv. 7) We shall, therefore, endeavour more satisfactorily to meet the question. Besides the... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - 1835 - 792 pagina’s
...he said ; " Why art thou wroth, and \vhy is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shall Ihou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." From the moment of hie rejection, a dark project occupied the Tnind of Cain, and he regarded his brother... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1836 - 232 pagina’s
...offerings had been received by God grew very angry ; upon which God said to him, "Why art thou wroth, and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest...and if thou doest not well, Si'n lieth at the door" Gen. c. iv. v. 6, 7.. Now these arc the words of God to Cain, upon which I mean to argue the case.... | |
 | W. S. Matthews, Thomas Rawson Taylor - 1836 - 406 pagina’s
...that his offering was not acknowledged in the same way, and his anger is thus reproved by God. — " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door."t There is some difference of opinion about the proper translation of this passage. The difference... | |
 | Linda Lee - 2005 - 206 pagina’s
...'brother' - his fellow mankind). Gen. 4:6-7 says, "And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well,...and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." (And if he sins...) "unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. If sin rules over... | |
 | Michael Pedrin - 2005 - 362 pagina’s
...background story to it. The Lord Himself told Cain about it And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well,...and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. (Genesis 4:6,7) Something was wrong with what he did. Something was wrong with his offering. "If thou... | |
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If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. 
