Genesis 4:6

The Tenth Commandment

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  “Envy can lead to the worst crimes.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 4:3-7; 1 Kings 21:1-29.

The Fall

• §401Paragraph 7 · The FallRead at vatican.va

  “Likewise, sin frequently manifests itself in the history of Israel, especially as infidelity to the God of the Covenant and as transgression of the Law of Moses. and even after Christ's atonement, sin raises its head in countless ways among Christians.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 4:3-15; 6:5, 12; Rom 1:18-32; I Cor 1-6; Rev 2-3.

Tertullian

• Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews Chapter 2

  “…He accepted what he was offering in simplicity of heart, and reprobated the sacrifice of his brother Cain, who was not rightly dividing what he was offering.” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 1–7, especially in the LXX.; comp. Heb. xi. 4.

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• Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews Chapter 5

  “Groaning and trembling shalt thou be upon the earth, and every one who shall have found thee shall slay thee.”” — editor's note: See Gen. iv. 2–14. But it is to be observed that the version given in our author differs widely in some particulars from the Heb. and the LXX.

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• Tertullian, On Prayer Chapter 11

  “How will he appease his Father who is angry with his brother, when from the beginning “all anger” is forbidden us?” — editor's note: “Ab initio” probably refers to the book of Genesis, the initium, or beginning of Scripture, to which he is about to refer. But see likewise Eph. iv. 31, Matt.…

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 62

  “Did not the Selfsame speak to Cain, to Noe, to Abraham, to Isaac, to Jacob, to all the Prophets, and to Moses?” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 6, etc.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XV.7Book XV

  “Fret not thyself, for unto thee shall be his turning, and thou shalt rule over him.”” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 6, 7.

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• Romans 6:13

  Cited together in The City of God XV.7.

• Romans 7:17

  Cited together in The City of God XV.7.

• Galatians 5:17

  Cited together in The City of God XV.7.

• Ephesians 5:28

  Cited together in The City of God XV.7.

• Ephesians 5:29

  Cited together in The City of God XV.7.

• 1 John 3:12

  Cited together in The City of God XV.7.

• Genesis 3:16

  Cited together in The City of God XV.7.