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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 4:3

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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4:3 There was nothing wrong with offering grain to the Lord (Lev 2:14; Deut 26:2-4), but Cain brought only a token gift (some of his crops), whereas God requires the first and best (Exod 23:16, 19; 34:22, 26). Cain’s heart attitude made his offering inferior to Abel’s (cp. Heb 11:4).
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