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A Commentary on the Book of Genesis: Part I, From Adam to Noah (Genesis I–VI 8) is unavailable, but you can change that!

The aim of this commentary is to explain, with the help of a historico-philological method of interpretation, the simple meaning of the Biblical text, and to arrive, as nearly as possible, at the meaning the words of the Torah were intended to have for the reader at the time they were written. The present work is rich in original insights and scholarly illuminations that make it an invaluable...

5. but for Cain and his offering / He had no regard. So Cain was very vexed, / and his countenance fell. 6. The Lord said to Cain, ‘Why are you vexed, / and why has your countenance fallen? 7. Surely, if you do well, / you shall be upstanding; but if you do not do well, sin shall be a rōbhēṣ at your door; its desire shall be for you, / but you will be able to master it.’ 8. Cain appointed a place where to meet Abel his brother, / and when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother
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