This I Would like to break down a little more by scripture. I have two brothers and this story was often thrown at my brothers and I. As a young child I thought it very unfair and very wrong of God. As my research expanded over the years I realized that this story mimics many of the other brother slaying brother stories throughout mythologies and religions.
Let’s start with Genesis 4:3-5 from the King James Version “3And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.”
Personally I would be very “wroth” too. If we look back a little bit we see that Abel was the keeper of the sheep and Cain a tiller of the ground. To me one task is not more important then the other. They both require a certain level of skill and are essential for survival. Yet God favors the slaughter of animals over the birth of fruits from His Earth. Why? It never explains why. I guess the God of the bible is just very very blood thirsty.
Now Cain slays Abel and we skip ahead a bit.
This part I have always found interesting God says to Cain “12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.” Her strength. Refering to the Earth as female seems very “paganistic” to me.
Here are some scripture that as a child just blew my mind. Then in my teen and very earlier adult years frustrated me. I’ll paste them then explain “4Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
15And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
16And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
17And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.”
1. How can anyone slay Cain when Adam and Eve were the first and were created by God. All churches teach you that mankind descended from these two. So where did these other people come from? If they killed him then they would be just as guilty of brother slaying as he was because supposedly Adam and Eve were the first.
2. Same thing but with his wife. How can he have a wife if his parents are the heads of the human race? If that was so then his wife should be his sister and that would be some serious incest going on there.
