Cain's Struggle: A Proposed Reason For the Reason For the Rejection of Cain's Sacrifice
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ArticlePublication details: Dallas; Dallas Theological Seminary, Jun.2020Description: Pages 154-171Subject(s):
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Numerous Interpreters have attempted to explain the reason for God's rejection of Cain's sacrifice. Most have been either inconclusive or unconvincing. When one considers the combined structural, linguistic, and rhetorical presentations of the author of Genesis 2-4, however, it becomes apparent that the account of Cain and Abel's sacrifice and its aftermath shows how sin had escalated from the first fall to the second fall. No longer was sin isolated to wrong actions, sin now was working on the spiritual state of humans and their motives with devastating results. This can be demonstrated by the manner in which the author connects God's curse on Eve in 3:16 with God's warning to Cain in 4:6-7. As such, Genesis 4 is not so much about the sacrifice of Cain as it is instructional about how a darkened spiritual state can lead to even more heinous sins like fratricide.
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