Cain was the first son of Adam and Eve. He was the first human to be born (Adam and Eve werent born but personally created by God). He was also the first murderer, killing his brother Abel due to jealousy. Cain had a son Enoch which he named a city after (not to be confused with Enoch who walked with God and didnt experience death).
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Cain was Adam and Eve's first son (Gen. 4:1). Some time later, his mother Eve gave birth to another kid Abel, who became his brother (Gen 4:2).
One day it was time for harvest, and Cain offered some of his crops to Lord, while Abel brought some of the first lambs his sheep gave birth to, and pieces of fat from the best of his lambs, and offered it to God (Gen. 4:3-4).
God was not pleased with Cain's gift, and Cain was very mad, so God asked Cain "Why are you angry? Why do you look sad? If you do what is right, I will accept you. But if you do not do the right thing, sin will be very near to you. It will be like a wild animal at your door that is ready to eat you. But you must become its master". (Gen. 4:5-7)
One day Cain told Abel they should go out to the fields, and Cain killed him in the fields. God asked Cain "Where is your brother Abel?" and Cain lied he doesnt know, but God knows everything, and he told Cain "Why have you done this bad thing? Now your brother's blood is lying there on the ground. That is like his voice which is shouting to me for help. The ground received your brother's blood when you killed him. As a result, the ground no longer accepts you. It has brought a curse on you. When you work hard to dig the ground, no plants will grow in it for your food. You will travel from place to place. You will not have your own home." (Gen. 4:8-12)
Cain said to the Lord, ‘That punishment is too much! It will give me too much pain. Now you are making me leave my home here on the land. I will be far away from where you are. I will be a traveller without a home. If someone sees me, they will kill me.’ But the Lord said to Cain, ‘No! If anyone kills Cain, I will punish that person seven times more than I have punished you.’ God put a special mark on Cain that made other people see that they shouldnt kill him. (Gen. 4:13-15)
Cain went to live in a land called Nod east of Eden. (Gen. 4:16)
Cain's wife gave birth to Enoch, who Cain named a city after.
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