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Cain and Abel

Cain and Abel were the eldest sons of Adam and Eve, born after Assam and Eve’s expulsion by God from the Garden of Eden.

Cain, the elder, was the first human being to be born —— as opposed to being created —— according to the Torah.

Cain tilled the Earth while Abel was a shepherd, herding lambs.

One day, God asked Cain and Abel to each make a sacrifice to him.

When God came to look for Abel, he could not find him.

He asked Cain where Abel was.

Cain replied, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Genesis 4:9)

After God realize what Cain had done, he punished him with a curse; Cain could no longer farm and had to wander for the rest of his life.

Cain worried he would be harmed by people he met, so God placed a protective making on him.

Beside the religious and moral lesson, the Cain and Abel story illustrates the historical conflict between people who were using the sparse fertile land for growing crops and those who were using it to raise livestock.

A similar tale appears in Sumerian culture about a beautiful goddess forced to choose between two suitors: a farmer god and a shepherd god.