Go
Articles on

Genesis 4

Gen. 4:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
5
But unto Cain
Qayin (Hebrew #7014)
Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe
KJV usage: Cain, Kenite(-s).
Pronounce: kah'-yin
Origin: the same as 7013 (with a play upon the affinity to 7069)
and to his offering
minchah (Hebrew #4503)
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
KJV usage: gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
Pronounce: min-khaw'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow
he had not respect
sha`ah (Hebrew #8159)
to gaze at or about (properly, for help); by implication, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement) or bewildered
KJV usage: depart, be dim, be dismayed, look (away), regard, have respect, spare, turn.
Pronounce: shaw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
. And Cain
Qayin (Hebrew #7014)
Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe
KJV usage: Cain, Kenite(-s).
Pronounce: kah'-yin
Origin: the same as 7013 (with a play upon the affinity to 7069)
was very
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
wroth
charah (Hebrew #2734)
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
KJV usage: be angry, burn, be displeased, X earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, X very, be wroth. See 8474.
Pronounce: khaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2787)
, and his countenance
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
fell
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
.

More on:

+
Cain,
Offering; Offering Up

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+
But.
Num. 16:15• 15Then Moses was very wroth, and said to Jehovah, Have no regard to their oblation: not one ass have I taken from them, neither have I hurt one of them. (Num. 16:15)
;
Heb. 11:4• 4By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained testimony of being righteous, God bearing testimony to his gifts, and by it, having died, he yet speaks. (Heb. 11:4)
wroth.
Gen. 31:2,5• 2And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold, it was not toward him as previously.
 5and said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as previously; but the God of my father has been with me. (Gen. 31:2,5)
;
Job 5:2• 2For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple. (Job 5:2)
;
Psa. 20:3• 3Remember all thine oblations, and accept thy burnt-offering; Selah. (Psa. 20:3)
;
Isa. 3:10‑11• 10Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
 11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him. (Isa. 3:10‑11)
;
Matt. 20:15• 15is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because *I* am good? (Matt. 20:15)
;
Luke 15:28‑30• 28But he became angry and would not go in. And his father went out and besought him.
 29But he answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make merry with my friends:
 30but when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. (Luke 15:28‑30)
;
Acts 13:45• 45But the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, contradicting and speaking injuriously. (Acts 13:45)
• Jehovah’s word to Cain: “If thou doest well, (or, as the Septuagint reads, “if thou offer correctly,” ορθως προσενεγκης) shalt thou not be accepted?” The well-doing had reference to the offering. Abel did well by hiding himself behind an acceptable sacrifice. Cain did badly by bringing an offering without blood. (“Genesis 4-5” by C.H. Mackintosh)
• Cain had neither faith, nor righteousness, nor love; but he was not a hypocrite. He was not insincere. He then thought with himself that he ought to bring an offering to Jehovah; and what, he considered, could be more acceptable to Him, what more suitable to himself, than fruit of that ground on which he put forth his daily toil? Alas! it was the offering of that worst “folly,” which slights sin, forgets judgment, ignores grace, exalts man, and dishonors God. To have respect to such an offering and to such an offerer was morally impossible on God's part. It would have been indifference to evil. (“Genesis 4:4-8” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
5
and upon Cain, and on his offering, he did not look. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

W. Kelly Translation

+
5
but to Cain and to his offering he had not respect: And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.