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| − | According to the [[Bible]], '''Cain''' was the first human born naturally. He was the first-born son of [[Adam and Eve]]. | + | According to the [[Bible]], '''Cain''' was the first human born naturally. He was the first-born son of [[Adam and Eve]], the first people - created, not born. Cain was a "tiller of the ground", or arable farmer. His brother, '''Abel''', born soon after, was a "keeper of sheep", or nomadic herdsman. |
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| + | 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. This made Cain jealous; he talked with his brother, became angry with him, and killed him. This was the first murder. God asked Cain where Abel was, to which Cain made the memorable reply "Am I my brother's keeper?" | ||
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| + | ::'''''[[etymology|Etymological]] note''''': (Hebrew: קין ,הבל, Hevel, Qayin) (Arabic: هابيل قابيل - HÄbÄ«l and QÄbÄ«l) are two sons of Adam and Eve. The Qur'an mentions the story, calling them the two sons of Adam (Arabic: إبني آدم) only ([[Metzer and Copopgan 2001]]): "Cain (meaning perhaps “smith,†possibly related to the Kenites), is the firstborn of Adam and Eve, and Abel (meaning “emptinessâ€) is his younger brother " [[Wikipesia]] "More recent scholarship has produced another theory, a more direct pun. Abel is here thought to derive from a reconstructed word meaning "herdsman", with the modern Arabic cognate ibil, now specifically referring only to "camels". Cain, on the other hand, is thought to be cognate to the mid-1st millennium BC South Arabian word qyn, meaning "metal smith".[27] This theory would make the names merely descriptions of the roles they take in the story—Abel working with livestock, and Cain with agriculture" | ||
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| + | ::To '''raise Cain''' | ||
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Revision as of 16:10, 10 February 2011
According to the Bible, Cain was the first human born naturally. He was the first-born son of Adam and Eve, the first people - created, not born. Cain was a "tiller of the ground", or arable farmer. His brother, Abel, born soon after, was a "keeper of sheep", or nomadic herdsman.
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. This made Cain jealous; he talked with his brother, became angry with him, and killed him. This was the first murder. God asked Cain where Abel was, to which Cain made the memorable reply "Am I my brother's keeper?"
- Etymological note: (Hebrew: קין ,הבל, Hevel, Qayin) (Arabic: هابيل قابيل - HÄbÄ«l and QÄbÄ«l) are two sons of Adam and Eve. The Qur'an mentions the story, calling them the two sons of Adam (Arabic: إبني آدم) only (Metzer and Copopgan 2001): "Cain (meaning perhaps “smith,†possibly related to the Kenites), is the firstborn of Adam and Eve, and Abel (meaning “emptinessâ€) is his younger brother " Wikipesia "More recent scholarship has produced another theory, a more direct pun. Abel is here thought to derive from a reconstructed word meaning "herdsman", with the modern Arabic cognate ibil, now specifically referring only to "camels". Cain, on the other hand, is thought to be cognate to the mid-1st millennium BC South Arabian word qyn, meaning "metal smith".[27] This theory would make the names merely descriptions of the roles they take in the story—Abel working with livestock, and Cain with agriculture"
- Mark of Cain
- To raise Cain
The story is told in the fourth chapter of Genesis.
