SIN AND PUNISHMENT 

GENESIS 4:1-5:32

KEY VERSE 4:7 

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."

Why did God treat Cain's person and offerings differently from Abel's? What was Cain's response? 

What was the Lord's advise for Cain?  Despite God's advise, what course of action did Cain take?

What was God's inquiry to Cain (9a)?  What was Cain's response (9b)?  What was God's punishment for Cain's sin (10-14)?  Yet, what did the Lord do for Cain (15b)?

   

Read v.16.  What does this show about Cain's life after sinning?  Compare the lifestyle of Cain's descendents recorded in 4:18-24 with that of Seth's in 4:25-5:32.

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