The Revs. Mark Roosinck and Mike Hanks say God banished Cain to the Land of Nod, east of Eden, for killing Abel after his brother’s sacrifice was accepted and Cain’s rejected. “His sacrifice ...

First, Abel merely follows Cain’s example in making a sacrifice. There is no suggestion that his offering is superior to his brother’s. Second, while Cain has followed in his father’s career ...

Abel was an active innovator and creator ... This explanation explains why Cain’s sacrifice was rejected, but it does not necessarily reflect negatively on Cain’s personality.

So many of the sacrifice stories in scripture end up in violence or near violence, starting with the first known sacrifices in human history, those of Cain and Abel. Cain brings a second-rate ...

The first thing we learn is that Eve has a bouncing baby boy, Cain. Then another, Abel. The next thing we’re told is their work: Abel is a shepherd, Cain a farmer. Both go to offer the “first ...

Cain slew Abel. Why? It all started with a sacrifice. Actually it started with two sacrifices. Abel was a keeper of sheep and his brother Cain was a tiller of the ground. When it came time to ...

According to Genesis 4:4, The LORD was pleased with Abel and his offering, but He rejected Cain and his offering. Child of God, congratulations, your sacrifice of praise has been accepted!

Consider the challenge Cain and Abel gave Adam and Eve. Then the terrible predicament Abraham was put in as a father, when ...

Previously, she founded The Mary Sue. Not right. The primary reference for The Sandman’s Cain and Abel isn’t biblical at all, but something much, much trashier. Something that makes the weird ...