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Accoring to Genesis, Cain and Abel were the first and second sons of Adam and Eve, born after the Fall of Man. Their story is told in Genesis 4:1-16, the Qur'an at 5:26-32, and Moses 5:16-41. In all versions, Cain, a farmer, commits the first murder by killing his brother Abel, a shepherd, after God (called YHWH) rejects Cain's sacrifice but accepts Abel's.

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  • Of the first 2 people to make offerings to God, the one who had his rejected
  • According to Genesis, he was the world's first murderer
  • In Genesis 4 he becomes the first killer; God isn't happy
  • He killed Abel because God rejected his offering of crops yet accepted Abel's firstborn sheep
  • Comparing grammars of ancient Phoenician & Hebrew shows he may have been born before Adam & Eve left Eden
  • Seems this perp was the first murderer in the Bible & to top it off he iced his own brother
  • Murderers are figuratively said to have the "mark" of this biblical man
  • "Am I my brother's keeper?"
  • Before setting a mark on him, the Lord promised, "Whoever slayeth" him, "vengeance shall be taken" sevenfold
  • The first son of the first man
  • "And the lord set a mark upon ____, lest any finding him should kill him"
  • In a poetic drama, this biblical brother becomes a willing pupil of Lucifer
  • In Genesis 4 he lies about his brother's whereabouts--& to god, yet!
  • Richard Harris played this murderous character from Genesis in 1966's "The Bible: In the Beginning"
  • Genesis 4:15 -- "And the Lord set a mark upon ____"
  • In Genesis 4:14, God turns this guy into the original fugitive
  • After striking down his brother in Genesis, this man said, "My punishment is greater than I can bear"
  • Genesis 4:"And the Lord set a mark upon" this man, "lest any finding him should kill him"

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