Portal:Bible/Featured chapter/June 23, 2006
Cain and Abel are sons of Adam and Eve. They both offer sacrifice to the Lord, but the Lord favours Abel's sacrifice, and subsequently Cain murders Abel. The Lord questions Cain about Abel's location. Cain answers Am I my brother's keeper? Seeing through Cain's deception, the Lord curses Cain to wander the earth. Cain is overwhelmed by this and appeals in fear of being killed by other men, and so the Lord places a mark on Cain so that he would not be killed. Cain then departs to the Land of Nod. He fathers a lineage of children, and founds a city, which he named Enoch after the name of his son.
PEOPLE: Adam - Eve - Cain - Abel - יהוה YHWH - Cain's wife - Enoch - Irad - Mehujael - Methusael - Lamech - Adah - Zillah - Jabal - Jubal - Tubal-cain - Naamah - Seth - Enos
PLACES: Land of Nod - City of Enoch
RELATED ARTICLES: Bereshit (parsha) - Sex - Shepherding[disambiguation needed] - Agriculture - Sacrifice - Anger - Sin - Murder - Death - Curses - Marriage - Polygamy - Animal husbandry - Music - Metallurgy - The name of YHVH
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