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Worship from the Beginning
Scholars emphasize that this verse depicts one of history's first recorded acts of formal worship. It wasn't a later human invention but a practice from the dawn of humanity after the Fall. This establishes that approaching God through offerings is a foundational "good old way," as one commentator puts it, likely passed down from Adam and Eve at an appointed time and place.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 4:1–16
18th Century
Theologian
1. קין (qayin)—Cain, “spear-shaft,” and קנה (qanah)—“set up, establish, gain, buy,” contain the biliteral root …
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 4:3–4
19th Century
Bishop
In process of time. —Hebrew, at the end of days: not at the end of a week, or a year, or of harvest-time, but of a long i…
John Gill
On Genesis 4:3
17th Century
Pastor
And in process of time it came to pass
Or "at the end of days" F3 ; which some understand of the end of s…
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Matthew Henry
On Genesis 4:1–7
17th Century
Minister
When Cain was born, Eve said, "I have gotten a man from the Lord." Perhaps she thought that this was the promised seed. If so, she was woefully dis…