...and why is thy countenance fallen; and mercifully given him encouragement, If thou doest well shall thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. thee shall be his desire, and thou shall rule * Jewish story tells us, that the dispute arose from...

...Lightfoot be admitted, the question is at once decided. The version referred to is, " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, A SIN-OFFERING LIETH AT THE DOOR ;" viz. to make an atonement with. If this be acknowledged as the...

...because his brother's offering was more acceptable than his own; ,was it not said to him, " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." The royal Psalmist, when speaking of the goodness of the Lord, of which he appears to have been very sensible,...

...offspring, not because of any absolute decree of mine, but because of thy sin. Chap. iv. 7, " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Sin only, not the decree of reprobation, hinders thy being accepted. Deut. vii. 9, " Know that the...

...grammatical necessity: and the obvious import of the entire place I take to be this. If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And, if thou doest not well, an animal victim coucheth at the door, ready to be piacularly devoted by thee as A SIN-OFFERING : to...

...And the Lord said unto him, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door?" Instead of profiting from this reproof, so justly deserved, Cain went out from the presence of the...

...And the Lord said unto Cain, why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen 1 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door."—It came to pass,—but how ? Were these men commanded to sacrifice the fruits of the ground...

...And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." This extract, without any comment, seems sufficiently to explain itself, the latter part whereof intimates...

...inevitable consequences of vice, and happiness the sure result of obedience and virtue. " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door:" Gen. iv, 7. " Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him ; for they shall eat the fruit...

...strain of Scripture promises, both in the Old and New Testaments, is conditional : " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Gen. iv. 7. "Behold ! I set before you this day a blessing and a curse : — a blessing, if ye obey...