![]() ![]() If you till the soil, it will no longer give you strength. And so, cursed shall you be by the soil that gaped with its mouth to take your brother's blood from your hand. And the Lord said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother? And he said, "I do not know: am I my brother's keeper?" And He said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the soil. ![]() And Cain said to Abel his brother, "Let us go out to the field," and when they were in the field Cain rose against Abel his brother and killed him. And Cain was very incensed, and his face fell. And Abel too had brought from the choice firstlings of his flock, and the Lord regarded Abel and his offering but did not regard Cain and his offering. And it happened in the course of time that Cain brought from the fruit of the soil an offering to the Lord. And Adam knew Eve his woman and she conceived and bore Cain, and she said, "I have got me a man with the Lord." And she bore as well his brother Abel, and Abel became a herder of sheep while Cain was a tiller of the soil. The story of Cain's murder of Abel and its consequences is told in Genesis 4:1–18: Genesis narrative Cain leadeth Abel to death, by James Tissot, c. In Islam, the story of Cain and Abel serves as an admonition against murder promoting sanctity of human life. ![]() The events of the story in the Qur'an are virtually the same as the Hebrew Bible narrative: Both the brothers were asked to offer up individual sacrifices to God God accepted Abel's sacrifice and rejected Cain's out of jealousy, Cain slew Abel – the first ever case of murder committed upon the Earth. In the Qur'an, Abel and Cain are known as Hābīl ( Arabic: هابيل) and Qābīl ( قابيل) respectively. Cain then dwelt in the land of Nod ( נוֹד, 'wandering'), where he built a city and fathered the line of descendants beginning with Enoch. ![]() Cain then murdered Abel, whereupon God punished Cain by condemning him to a life of wandering. The brothers made sacrifices to God, but God favored Abel's sacrifice instead of Cain's. Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. For other uses, see Cain and Abel (disambiguation).Ĭain slaying Abel, by Peter Paul Rubens, c. This article is about the first and second sons of Adam and Eve. ![]()
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