6And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
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Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. …
O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. …
O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-7)God is here reasoning with Cain, to convince him of the sin and folly of his anger and discontent, and to bring him into a good temper again, that further mischief might be prevented. It is an instance of God’s patience and condescending goodness that he would deal thus tenderly with so bad a man, in so bad an affair. He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance…
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