Cain and Abel

Now Adam lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Later she gave birth to

his brother Abel. Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. 3-5 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to God and Abel brought an

offering from his flock. God looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. Then God said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you

not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it." Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked

his brother Abel and killed him. Then God said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?" Then God said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are

under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. You must become a restless wanderer on the earth." Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land,

and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me." But the LORD said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD.