[or, to the core] and his face dropped.” God’s displeasure with Cain revealed the sad state of affairs in Cain’s heart. Instead of moving to rectify his attitude, Cain let it harden into murder. For the moment, however, anger hid itself in Cain’s eyes—he avoided looking anyone in the eye. Averting his own gaze, he kept others from seeing (through the eye gate) what was in his heart. Hermann Gunkel—who unwisely called this episode a myth—was truly unjustified in claiming this story taught that God