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- Both brothers offered individual sacrifices to God; God accepted Abel's sacrifice and rejected Cain's; out of jealousy, Cain slew Abel – the first case of murder committed upon the Earth.
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Genesis 4:8-10. New International Version. 8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”[a] While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. 9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 The Lord said, “What have you done?
- Genesis 4-36 NKJV - Cain Murders Abel - Now Adam knew Eve ...
Cain Murders Abel . 4 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she...
- Genesis 4-36 NKJV - Cain Murders Abel - Now Adam knew Eve ...
While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him. Young's Literal Translation. And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, 'Let us go into the field;' and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.
Cain killed Abel and God cursed Cain, sentencing him to a life of transience. Cain then dwelt in the land of Nod ( נוֹד , 'wandering'), where he built a city and fathered the line of descendants beginning with Enoch .
As per Jewish lore, it’s recounted that Cain, propelled by envy and rage when the Lord preferred Abel’s sacrifice over his, slays his brother Abel using a stone. This gruesome incident is also documented in the Genesis.
And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. 9 And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 “What have you done?” replied the LORD.
Cain Murders Abel . 4 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.” 2 Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
God rejects Cain’s sacrifice while accepting Abel’s, then in the next scene, Cain kills his brother. Does this mean that Cain killed Abel out of jealousy, or could other factors have been present? Ancient interpreters explore many possible motivations, from the simple to the bizarre.
