* Gen. iv. j-8. The writer here, as always, follows the reading of the Septiiagint, which in this passage both alters and adds to the Hebrew text. We h.ive given the rendering approved by the best critics; but some prefer to translate, as in our English version, " unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him." See, for an ancient explanation of the passage, Irenaeus, Adv. Heer., iv. 18, 3.