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Prey for the Evil One Excerpt God’s advice was that if Cain would please God by doing  what is right,  all would be well.  But if  not  sin  would be  crouching  ( rōḇēṣ   is used here in the figure of a crouching animal )  at  his  door,  ready to overcome him. Sin  desires to have  Cain (these words show God’s interpretation of “desire,” the same Heb. word, in  Gen. 3:16 ), but Cain could have the mastery over it. Here is the perpetual struggle between good and evil. Anyone filled with envy and strife is prey for the evil one. 4:8-16 .  After murdering  his brother  (v.  8 )  Cain  repudiated responsibility for it (v.  9 ) and claimed that God’s punishment (cropless soil and wandering, vv.  10-12 ) was too severe (v.  13 ). God graciously protected him by some  mark  or sign that would be a deterrent to an avenger (v.  15 —nowhere is the...

Prey for the Evil One Excerpt God’s advice was that if Cain would please God by doing  what is right,  all would be well.  But if  not  sin  would be  crouching  ( rōḇēṣ  is used here in the figure of a crouching animal)  at  his  door,  ready to overcome him. Sin  desires to have  Cain (these words show God’s interpretation of “desire,” the same Heb. word, in  Gen. 3:16 ), but Cain could have the mastery over it. Here is the perpetual struggle between good and evil. Anyone filled with envy and strife is prey for the evil one. 4:8-16 .  After murdering  his brother  ( v .  8 )  Cain  repudiated responsibility for it ( v .  9 ) and claimed that God’s punishment (cropless soil and wandering, vv.  10-12 ) was too severe ( v .  13 ). God graciously protected him by some  mark  or sign that would be a deterrent to an avenger ( v .  15 —nowhe...