My Brother's Keeper
| Cain | |
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| Known for | First person born; first murderer |
| Spouse(s) | Awan, who was his sister |
| Children | Enoch |
| Parent(s) | Adam and Eve |
| Abel | |
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Icon of Abel by Theophanes the Greek
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| Known for | First man murdered, First martyr |
| Parent(s) | Adam and Eve |
Cain and Abel (/keɪn, ˈeɪbəl/; Hebrew: הֶבֶל ,קַיִן Qayin, Heḇel; Arabic: قابيل (قايين)، هابيلQābīl, Hābīl) were sons of Adam and Eve in the biblical Book of Genesis. Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. The brothers made sacrifices to God, each of his own produce, but God favored Abel's sacrifice instead of Cain's. Cain then murdered Abel, whereupon God punished Cain to a life of wandering. Cain then dwelt in the land of Nod (נוֹד, "wandering"), where he built a city and fathered the line of descendants beginning with Enoch.
The narrative never explicitly states Cain's motive for murdering his brother, nor God's reason for rejecting Cain's sacrifice, nor details on the identity of Cain's wife. Some traditional interpretations consider Cain to be the originator of evil, violence, or greed. According to Genesis, Cain was the first human born and Abel was the first to die.
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