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| − | '''Cain''' was the firstborn son of [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] as recorded in the [[Bible]]. Born after [[Fall of man|the fall]], he was | + | '''Cain''' (Hebrew, "''acquisition''") was the firstborn son of [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] as recorded in the [[Bible]]. Born after [[Fall of man|the fall]], he became a farmer. He was the first murderer, killing his brother [[Abel]] because God accepted Abel's offering, but not Cain's. God punished him by cursing him to be a wanderer who would always have to toil hard for little reward. When Cain protested that "whoever finds me will kill me," God put a mark on him so that "if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." <ref>Genesis 4:10-17</ref> |
| + | In time, Cain built a city that he named after his son Enoch. According to the apocryphal [[Book of Jubilees]], Cain married his sister <ref>Such marriages were not forbidden until the time of [[Moses]].</ref> Awan and was later killed when his house collapsed on him.<ref>Book of Jubilees 4:9,31</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 04:48, December 14, 2009
Cain (Hebrew, "acquisition") was the firstborn son of Adam and Eve as recorded in the Bible. Born after the fall, he became a farmer. He was the first murderer, killing his brother Abel because God accepted Abel's offering, but not Cain's. God punished him by cursing him to be a wanderer who would always have to toil hard for little reward. When Cain protested that "whoever finds me will kill me," God put a mark on him so that "if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." [1]
In time, Cain built a city that he named after his son Enoch. According to the apocryphal Book of Jubilees, Cain married his sister [2] Awan and was later killed when his house collapsed on him.[3]