When God asks Cain “Where is your brother Abel?” Cain famously replies: “I do not know am I my brother’s keeper?”. Cain lures Abel out to the field and kills him in a jealous fury. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.” Unfortunately, Cain fails the next test too. The Lord sees Cain’s anger and warns him that “sin is crouching at the door.
We’re not told why exactly, but the Lord favors Abel’s offering, “…but for Cain and his offering had no regard.” Of course this infuriates Cain. Each of the two brothers brings an offering to God – Cain the fruit from his ground and Abel the first born of his flock. We are told that the older brother Cain is a “worker of the ground” (i.e., a crop farmer) while the younger, Abel, is a “keeper of the sheep” (i.e., a shepherd). Of course, as we all know, Cain killed his brother Abel for reasons not entirely explained. Secondly, he is the first human to have perpetrated a murder. For one, he was the first human ever born – the first son of God’s creations Adam and Eve. Borne from the Bible, in the book of Genesis, Cain holds a couple important distinctions. Cain comes from the Hebrew Qayin (קין) meaning “acquired”, perhaps stemming from the fact that Cain is the very first child "acquired" by Adam and Eve.
0 kommentar(er)
