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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 February 2025. First two sons of Adam and Eve This article is about the first and second sons of Adam and Eve. For other uses, see Cain and Abel (disambiguation). 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 ...
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. According to Genesis 4:16: And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and ...
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. However, God was not pleased and favored Abel's offering over Cain's.
Abel [a] is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within the Abrahamic religions. 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 rejected Cain's sacrifice to signify his disapproval of his marriage to Aclima, his twin sister, and Cain slew his brother in a fit of jealousy. [1] [2] [3] In another Muslim tradition, Cain's twin sister was named Lusia, while Aclima was Abel's twin sister. [4] In different sources, this name appears as Aclimah, Aclimia, Aclimiah, Klimia. [5]
Cain, 1896, by Henri Vidal, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris. The curse of Cain and the mark of Cain are phrases that originated in the story of Cain and Abel in the Book of Genesis. In the stories, if someone harmed Cain, the damage would come back sevenfold. Some interpretations view this as a physical mark, whereas other interpretations see the ...
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
The Abrahamic religions recognize the biblical account of Cain and Abel as the first fratricidal murder to be committed. In the mythology of ancient Rome , the city is founded as the result of a fratricide, with the twins Romulus and Remus quarreling over who has the favour of the gods and over each other's plans to build Rome , with Romulus ...