mode of life in offering the sacrifice. But Abel conducted him self more righteously in the kind of sacrifice which he offered. The husbandman, Cain, brought an offering of the fruits of the earth : Abel, a pastor of sheep, brought of their firstlings and fat. Here, then, the latter took the best which he had, — a thing which the former is not said to have done. At the same time the offering of Cain merely implied a confession of obliga tion ; the sacrifice (victima) of Abel, a confession of sin and a desire of atonement. This was quite consonant with faith. — <7rapa Ka/V, than Cain) who was defective in faith, and therefore without the Divine testimony. — 8! %$, by which) He obtained l)ij faith both righteousness and the testimony of righteousness, ver. 7. — ftaprvpowrog, testifying) For s-rsTd&v, God looked upon, had respect to. Gen. iv. 4, by a certain sign, which was also seen by Cain.1 — 81 avrfg, by it) faith; construed with axoQavuv, being dead [having died in it. But Engl. Vers. construes it with speaketJi] ; comp. ver. 13 ; for <3/« has the same meaning as xara or ev ; 1 Tim. ii. 15. — XaXs?, speaks) speaks of himself, and those like himself, against the followers of Cain ; ch. xii. 24.
5. Msrg reQfy was translated) Wherefore was he translated ? Our faith waits for this. Gen. v. 22, 24, LXX., s-j^scr^ S
s^piffT^ffs "Evu-% rCJ 0gc,~, nut ovys svpiffKtrOj 6V/ f o'g. — prt, not) He was therefore translated from mortality without death to immortality. — cr/>6, before) Construed with svrtpe- ffrr^svai, to have pleased [He had the testimony that he pleased God before his translation]. — evqpsffrqxevai) to have pleased) In stead of to walk with GOD, before GOD, the LXX. have waptartfv, also Gen. vi. 9, xvii. 1, xxiv. 40, xlviii. 15 ; Ps. cxvi. 9. Comp. Ps. xxvi. 3, xxxv. 14 [Heb. I walked]. It not only signifies to please, in a passive sense, but implies the desire of pleasing. Therefore Gen. xxxix. 4, mt? is evapstfrsTv : comp. dpiffat, Rom. viii. 8, notes.
6. Xupis9 without) He proves by the event the faith of Enoch. — zvapsffrrjffai) to please, to show one's self pleasing to. The par allel presently occurs, irpoaepxeadcu r& ®s$, to come to GOD, to walk with God. Therefore the apostle, with skilful design, joins the Hebrew and Greek text. — T/crsDffa/, believe) Enoch had been
1 This probably refers to the consuming of Abel's sacrifice by fire from heaven, which was not extended to Cain's. — TR.