Cain and Abel
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Cain and Abel ( Qayin, Hevel) are two sons of Adam and Eve in . Cain is described as a crop farmer and his younger brother Abel as a shepherd. Cain was the first human born and the first murderer, and Abel was the first human to die. Cain committed the first murder by killing his brother. No motive is given in the Genesis narrative for the murder. Exegesis of Genesis 4 by both ancient and modern commentators have typically assumed that the motive was driven by jealousy. A millenniums old explanation for Cain being capable of murder is that he may have been the offspring of a fallen angel or Satan himself, rather than being from Adam. Allusions to Cain and Abel as an archetype of fratricide persist in numerous references and retellings, through medieval art and Shakespearean works up to present day fiction. Cain and Abel story is in Leviticus
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| Torah, Genesis, Chapters 1-6 Torah, Genesis, Chapters 1-6 www.tachash.org/metsudah/b01t.html#ch04 - Web |
| King James Version King James Version www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis%204;&version=9; - Web |
| Qaheen / Cain and Hevel / Abel Qaheen / Cain and Hevel / Abel www.psyche.com/psyche/lex/qaheen.html - Web |
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| Parallel voweled Hebrew and King James Version Parallel voweled Hebrew and King James Version www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0104.htm - Web |
| Rashi on Genesis, Chapter 4 Rashi on Genesis, Chapter 4 www.tachash.org/.../article.html - Web |
| Baudelaire's poem in French with English translati... Baudelaire's poem in French with English translations underneath fleursdumal.org/poem/190 - Web |
