Cain and Abel
Cain and Abel were sons born from Adam and Eve. Cain was born first and then Abel. Cain was keeper of the soil and what grew from it while Abel was the keeper of the flocks. Cain offered some food from his soil to God, Abel offered the fat portion of his first flock to God. God favored Abel's offering and this angered Cain. He became jealous and frustrated and God could see that, so he warned him not let sin greet him at the door. Cain was still hurt and angry by being disfavored by the Lord and he told Abel to come with him to the fields. It was there that Cain killed his brother Abel and his blood shed all over the ground. God then asked Cain where his brother was and Cain responded to the Lord with, "What am I, my brother's keeper?" God told Cain that he would be punished. Cain felt his punishment was too strong. God had said that he would wander the earth and not be able to have anything out the soil to eat or cultivate. Cain worried what if someone wanted to kill him. God assured him if anyone attempted to kill him that they would be punished seven times worse. Cain left and wandered off and he married and had a son. His generations continued and we witness the birth of the Cainnites.
Cain and abel has been referenced in several stories, movies, research, articles, and many other things. It has been said that Cain and Abel is known to mankind as the "First Genocide ". It's story presents to people the first killing and sacrifice made since human kind was first made.
What people have done with the story of Cain and Abel has changed over time, what has changed the most is not how they interpret the story but what from the story they choose to interpret. In some of the oldest interpretations of Genesis 4 is was more common to see depictions of the moment Cain and Abel were giving their sacrifices to God. As the years past the depictions of this moment became more rare. The focus had turned completely to the moment of the murder in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. It became about using the moment in the story that was most relevant and relatable for the people of the time period creating the art, weather that be a work of literature or physical art. In the most resent years it is most common to find people analyzing this story through writing. One of the most common things to do is to draw parallels from the story of Cain and Abel to more current events such as the genocide in Rwanda and the Holocaust. The story of Cain and Abel has been a story people interpret in a way which fits the current events of the world. They interpret it in a way which is the most relatable for the people of their time.
Cain and abel has been referenced in several stories, movies, research, articles, and many other things. It has been said that Cain and Abel is known to mankind as the "First Genocide ". It's story presents to people the first killing and sacrifice made since human kind was first made.
What people have done with the story of Cain and Abel has changed over time, what has changed the most is not how they interpret the story but what from the story they choose to interpret. In some of the oldest interpretations of Genesis 4 is was more common to see depictions of the moment Cain and Abel were giving their sacrifices to God. As the years past the depictions of this moment became more rare. The focus had turned completely to the moment of the murder in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. It became about using the moment in the story that was most relevant and relatable for the people of the time period creating the art, weather that be a work of literature or physical art. In the most resent years it is most common to find people analyzing this story through writing. One of the most common things to do is to draw parallels from the story of Cain and Abel to more current events such as the genocide in Rwanda and the Holocaust. The story of Cain and Abel has been a story people interpret in a way which fits the current events of the world. They interpret it in a way which is the most relatable for the people of their time.
