Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 4:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 6And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
King James Version — public domain in the United States · Bible text and permissions
Role in This Section
The LORD asks Cain why he is angry and why his face has fallen.
Read It With
- Genesis 4:1–16
Read verses 5–7 together. The questions identify Cain's posture and lead directly into a difficult but genuine warning about doing well and mastering sin.
Why It Needs Context
The questions open the warning; by themselves they neither explain the offering decision nor complete God's response to Cain.
Read Genesis 4:6–7 together
Why these verses belong together: God's questions and warning answer Cain's anger before the murder.
Verse 6. 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
Verse 7. 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 4:1–16 — Cain Rejects God's Warning and Kills His BrotherSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Reader-facing Scripture wording, verse numbering, paragraph data, and supplied-word markup.
Exact location: Pinned eBible/CrossWire standardized 1769 KJV corpus, Genesis 4:1–16
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, repeated brother and ground language, verse boundaries, and the compressed clauses in verses 7 and 13.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 4:1–16
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