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God had regard for Abel's offering, but had no regard [2] for Cain's. 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. In the Qur'an, Cain and Abel are known as Qābīl (Arabic ...
Born as the second son of Adam and Eve, the first two humans created by God, [1] he was a shepherd who offered his firstborn flock to God as a religious offering. God accepted Abel's offering but not the offering of his older brother Cain, leading Cain to stone Abel to death out of jealousy. This act marked the first death in biblical history ...
Eve bears two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain works in the garden, and Abel works with meat; they both offer offerings to God one day, and God does not accept Cain's offering but does accept Abel's. This causes Cain to resent Abel, and Cain ends up murdering him. God then curses Cain. Eve bears another son, Seth, to take Abel's place in accordance to ...
However, God was not pleased and favored Abel's offering over Cain's. Out of jealousy, Cain killed his brother, for which he was punished by God with the curse and mark of Cain. He had several children, starting with Enoch and including Lamech. The narrative is notably unclear on God's reason for rejecting Cain's sacrifice.
The curse was the result of Cain murdering his brother, Abel, and lying about the murder to God. [2] When Cain spilled his brother's blood, the earth became cursed as soon as the blood hit the ground. In a sense, the earth was left "drinking Abel's blood". [3] Genesis 4:12 gives a two-part sentencing for Cain's curse.
Cain represented Satan, and Abel represented sinless Adam. Hence God placed Abel, the second son, in the internal position. Abel represented the second love between Adam and Eve, which contained fewer evil elements, while Cain was the fruit of the first love. God took Abel because Adam and Eve's relationship was more principled than the first ...
Cain fleeing before Jehovah's Curse, by Fernand-Anne Piestre Cormon, c. 1880 The Land of Nod ( Hebrew : אֶרֶץ־נוֹד – ʾereṣ-Nōḏ ) is a place mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible , located "on the east of Eden " ( qiḏmaṯ-ʿḖḏen ), where Cain was exiled by God after Cain had murdered his brother Abel .
A depiction of Cain burying Abel from an illuminated manuscript version of Stories of the Prophets. Of Adam's first children, Cain was the elder son while Abel the younger. . Each of them presented a sacrifice to God but it was accepted only from Abel, because of the latter's righteous attitude and his faith and firm belief in G