Genesis 4:6-8

The Voice

God notices Cain’s reaction and confronts him.

Eternal One (to Cain): ⁶Why are you angry? And why do you look so despondent? ⁷Don’t you know that as long as you do what is right, then I accept you? But if you do not do what is right, watch out, because sin is crouching at the door, ready to pounce on you! You must master it before it masters you.

Jealousy is eating at Cain’s heart. Left unattended, it consumes him.

⁸Cain spoke to his brother Abel. When they were in the field, Cain’s envy of his brother got the better of him, and he attacked and killed Abel.

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