Time after Pentecost · Proper 25 · Year C
Genesis 4:1-15
Cain and Abel
October 29, 2028
Overview & Insights
"If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door." (Genesis 4:7)
Cain and Abel each bring an offering to the LORD, and when Abel's is accepted and his own is not, Cain rises up and kills his brother in the field. God confronts Cain, sends him out as a restless wanderer, yet marks him so that no one who finds him will kill him.
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Commentary
Genesis 4 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse-by-verse treatment of the rejected offering and the first murder.
Genesis 4:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Gathers several classic commentaries on Cain's offering and its rejection.
Genesis Commentaries Precept Austin
Indexes verse-by-verse notes and word studies across the whole book.
Genesis 4 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight
Albert Barnes on sin crouching at the door and the mark set on Cain.
Background & Word Study
Genesis 4:1 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew interlinear text for the birth of Cain and Abel.
Genesis 4:1-15 Sefaria
Hebrew-English parallel text of the full reading.
Book of Genesis Overview BibleProject
Video and guide to Genesis's literary design and major themes.
Genesis Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's introduction to the book's structure and setting.
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