![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Cain said "My punishment is greater than I can bear, because it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me" - there was no one else, other than his parents, if we are to follow the Genesis narrative literally - "the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. ![]() God asked Cain where Abel was, to which Cain made the memorable reply "Am I my brother's keeper?" God's reply was "the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground", and He cursed Cain, outlawing him and making him "a vagabond and fugitive". This was the first murder (and fratricide). This made Cain jealous he talked with his brother, became angry with him, and killed him. When Cain said so to God, He upbraided him. One day, Cain made an offering to God of his crops Abel offered "the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof", which pleased God more. His brother, Abel, born soon after, was a "keeper of sheep", or pastoral farmer. Cain was a "tiller of the ground", or arable farmer. He was the first-born son of Adam and Eve, the first people - created, not born. According to the Bible (the fourth chapter of the book of Genesis), Cain was the first human born naturally. ![]()
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