Genesis 4 – Line 00085

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INTRO

This file gives a minimal English phrasing of the original line, built directly from the Line Source File.

It’s readable, but not smoothed. Nothing is added beyond what’s traceable.

RENDERED LINE

But toward Cain and toward his offering He did not regard, and Cain burned greatly, and his face fell.

RENDERING NOTES

“But” inserted for contrast implied by shift in divine response.

“Toward Cain and toward his offering” translates וְאֶל־קַיִן וְאֶל־מִנְחָתוֹ; exact structural mirror of v.4.

“He did not regard” for לֹא שָׁעָה; negative particle with verb of attention/acceptance.

“Burned greatly” renders וַיִּחַר… מְאֹד; idiomatically expressing intense anger or internal heat.

“His face fell” mirrors וַיִּפְּלוּ פָנָיו; a Hebrew idiom for visible emotional dejection or shame.

INSERTION / HELPER WORD TRACKING

“But” inserted to clarify the contrast with previous verse.

“He” inferred subject of “did not regard” from context.

“And” added to preserve vav-consecutive rhythm.

No smoothing or interpretive intensifiers added.

CONTEXTUAL PLACEMENT

This line completes the divine-offering diptych.

Abel was regarded; Cain was not; and here begins the emotional and narrative unraveling.

Introduces Cain’s emotional state for the first time in the text.

STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT NOTES

Direct mirroring of structure from v.4 deepens the contrast.

The pairing of emotional verb (“burned”) and idiomatic gesture (“face fell”) sets a poetic cadence.

Repetition of “minchah” reinforces thematic centrality of the offering motif.

CAUTIONARY REMINDER

This rendering is provided for orientation only.

It draws from the Line Source File and reflects the structure of the original text as faithfully as possible, while adapting to minimal English phrasing.

Interpretive meaning is not asserted. For lexical and grammatical details, consult the Line Source File.