⁵ but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

Faith at the Dawn of History^(A)

⁴ By faith ^(B)Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still ^(C)speaks.

⁴⁵ But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they ^(A)opposed the things spoken by Paul.

²⁸ “But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. ²⁹ So he answered and said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. ³⁰ But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.’

^15 (A)Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or ^(B)is your eye evil because I am good?’

¹⁵ Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, ^(A)“Do not ^[a]respect their offering. ^(B)I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them.”

⁵ and said to them, ^(A)“I see your father’s ^[a]countenance, that it is not favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father ^(B)has been with me.