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    Cain [a] is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He is the elder brother of Abel, and the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, the first couple within the Bible. [1] He was a farmer who gave an offering of his crops to God.

  2. In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain [a] and Abel [b] are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. [1] Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. The brothers made sacrifices, each from his own fields, to God. God regarded Abel's offering, but not Cain's.

  3. Cain and Abel. 4 Adam[ a] made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.[ b] She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth[ c] a man.” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.

  4. Jun 21, 2024 · Cain, in the Bible ( Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament ), firstborn son of Adam and Eve who murdered his brother Abel ( Genesis 4:1–16). Cain, a farmer, became enraged when the Lord accepted the offering of his brother, a shepherd, in preference to his own.

  5. Aug 15, 2023 · In the Book of Genesis, we are told about Cains birth, his violent act of fratricide and his subsequent exile. We learn that he married and had descendants, but the Bible is strangely mute about his death.

  6. Feb 22, 2024 · The meaning and significance of the story of Cain and Abel can be summarized into two points. First, it tells the competing ways of life of the two brothers, which are farming and herding — one who made no time for God and the other who made ample time.

  7. Apr 28, 2019 · Updated on April 28, 2019. Cain was the first-born son of Adam and Eve, making him the first person ever to be born. Like his father Adam, he became a farmer and worked the soil. The Bible doesn't tell us much about Cain, yet we discover in a few short verses that Cain had a serious anger management problem.

  8. Cain Kills Abel. 4 The man lay with his wife Eve and she was going to have a child and she gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have given birth to a man with the help of the Lord.” 2 Next she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was one who worked the ground.

  9. Cain. ( possession ). Gen. 4. He was the eldest son of Adam and Eve; he followed the business of agriculture. In a fit of jealousy, roused by the rejection of his own sacrifice and the acceptance of Abel's, he committed the crime of murder, for which he was expelled from Eden, and led the life of an exile.

  10. Sep 13, 2021 · Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve after they were expelled from the Garden of Eden in the biblical book of Genesis. According to the biblical story, Cain killed Abel because God accepted Abel's sacrifice but rejected Cain's.

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