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# If you ... will you not be accepted? # If you ... will you not be accepted?
God used this rhetorical question to remind Cain of something Cain should have already known. Alternate translation: "You know that if you do what is right, I will accept you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) "You know that if you do what is right, I will accept you"
# But if you do not ... you must rule over it # But if you do not ... you must rule over it
God speaks of sin as if it were a person. Alternate translation: "But if you do not do what is right, you will desire to sin even more, and then you will do sinful things. You must refuse to obey it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]]) "But if you do not do what is right, you will desire to sin even more, and then you will do sinful things. You must refuse to obey it"
# sin crouches ... to control you # sin crouches ... to control you
Here sin is spoken of as a dangerous wild animal that is waiting for the chance to attack Cain. Alternate translation: "you will become so angry that you will not be able to stop sin" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) "you will become so angry that you will not be able to stop sin"
# sin # sin
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# you must rule over it # you must rule over it
Yahweh speaks of Cain's desire to sin as if it were a person over whom Cain should rule. Alternate translation: "you must control it so you do not sin" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]]) "you must control it so you do not sin"