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Cain and Abel, Titian c. 1570 |
THE FIRST BABY IN THE WORLD, AND HIS BROTHER
Genesis 4:1-18
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Adam and his wife went out into the world to live and to work. For a time they
were all alone, but after a while God gave them a little child of their own, the
first baby that ever came into the world. Eve named him Cain; and after a time
another baby came, whom she named Abel.
Cain Slaying Abel
Jacopo Palma, c.1590 |
When the two boys grew up, they worked, as their father worked before them. Cain chose to work in the fields, and to raise grain and
fruits. Abel had a flock of sheep and became a shepherd. While
Adam and Eve were living in the Garden of Eden, they could talk with God,
and hear God's voice speaking to them. But now that they were out in the world,
they could no longer talk with God freely, as before. So when they came to God,
they built an altar of stones heaped up, and upon it they laid something as a
gift to God, and burned it, to show that it was |
not their own, but was given to God, whom they
could not see. Then before the altar they made their prayer to God, and
asked God to forgive their sins, all that they had done that was wrong;
and prayed God to bless them and do good to them.
Cain Fleeing
William Blake 1826 |
Flight of Cain
Fernand Cormon 1880 |
Each of these brothers, Cain and Abel, offered upon the altar to God his own
gift. Cain brought the fruits and the grain which he had grown; and Abel brought
a sheep from his flock, and killed it and burned it upon the altar. God was pleased with Abel and his offering, but was not pleased with Cain
and his offering. Perhaps God wished Cain to offer something that had life, as
Abel offered; perhaps Cain's heart was not right when he came before God.
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The Denunciation of Cain
George Frederick Watts
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And God showed that he was not pleased with Cain; and
Cain, instead of being sorry for his sin, and asking God to forgive him, was
very angry with God, and angry also toward his brothel Abel When they were out
in the field together, Cain struck his brother Abel and killed him. So the first
baby in the world grew up to be the murderer of his own brother.
And the Lord said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And Cain answered, "I
don't know; am I to keep up with my brother every second?"Then the Lord said to Cain, " What is this that you have
done? Your brother's blood is like a voice crying to me from the ground. Do you
see how the ground has opened, like a mouth, to drink your brother's blood? As
long as you live, you shall be under God's curse for the murder of your brother.
You shall wander over the earth, and shall never find a home, because you have
done this wicked deed."
And Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is greater than I can bear. You would
drive me out from among men; and hide your face from me. If any man finds me he
will kill me, because I shall be alone, and no one will be my friend."
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And God said to Cain, " If any one harms Cain, he shall be
punished for it." And the Lord God placed a mark on Cain, so that whoever met
him should know him, and should know also that God had forbidden any man to harm
him. Then Cain and his wife went away from Adam's home, to live in a place by
themselves, and there they had children. And Cain's family built a city in that
land; and Cain named the city after his first child, whom he had called Enoch.
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