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Cain Murders Abel
The man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have had a male child with the Lord’s help.”
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She also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground.
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In the course of time Cain presented some of the land’s produce as an offering to the Lord.
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but he did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent.
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Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you furious? And why do you look despondent?
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Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
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Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s guardian?”
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But Cain answered the Lord, “My punishment is too great to bear!
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Then the Lord replied to him, “In that case, whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” And he placed a mark on Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him.
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Then Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
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The Line of Cain
Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain became the builder of a city, and he named the city Enoch after his son.
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Zillah bore Tubal-cain, who made all kinds of bronze and iron tools. Tubal-cain’s sister was Naamah.
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If Cain is to be avenged seven times over, then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!
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Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for she said, “God has given me another offspring in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
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son of Cainan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech,
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son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalalel, son of Cainan,
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By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.
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unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
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Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, have plunged into Balaam’s error for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
