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Podcast Introduction Our reading today is Genesis 4-7. After that I’ll address what some people see as difficulties in those chapters. We’ll do a top ten. The reading is a bit long, and my comments on the top ten difficulties are longer than usual. So after that, we’ll go directly to our “On This Day In Church History” segment,, and then we’ll be finished for the day. Thoughts There are several passages and events in these four chapters that many people find difficult to understand. 1. Why did God not accept Cain's sacrifice? (Chapter 4) We are told in verse 3 that "3When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the Lord. 4Abel also brought a gift—the best portions of the firstborn lambs from his flock." Why do you suppose that they brought gifts, or offerings? Could it be that God had instructed them to do so? We do know that very specific instructions were given by God to Moses for several different types of offerings. Is it difficult to expect that God, in t