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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.
Cain and Abel. Cain slaying Abel, by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1600. 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.
Cain and Abel - Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man.” Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. ...
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.
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.
Feb 22, 2024 · Cain and Abel were the first two sons of Adam and Eve and their account is a famous Bible story that is commonly associated with the story of brothers, obedience, and disobedience of God’s instructions and the implications of murder.
Jul 9, 2024 · What happened to Cain in the Bible? Genesis covers Cain’s birth, murder of Abel, exile, children. But the Bible is mute about his death.
Cain. The first-born of the human race, Genesis 4:1, and the first murderer. See ABEL. His crime was committed against the warnings of God, and he despised the call of God to confession and penitence, Genesis 4:6-9.
The Story of Cain and Abel - Now the man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, “I have created a man just as the LORD did!” Then she gave birth to ...
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.
