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Cain And Abel By Elie Wiesel

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day for God was different than what is associated with a day today. God perceived “time very differently-even thousands of years must pass quite quickly for him” (Kugel 49). God did not create the world in what we consider 6 days today, and Adam did die on the day he disobeyed God. The story of the original sin and the disobedience between Adam, Eve and God and their punishment teaches a valuable lesson that God’s promises are certain.
The next story we encounter is the story of the first murder through Cain and Abel. Cain and Abel were the two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain became a farmer and Abel a shepherd. When they decided to bring an offering of sacrifice to God Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit of the soil and Abel from the choicest of the firstlings of his flock. God rejects Cain’s offering but accepts Abel’s. When Cain and Abel are in the field Cain attacks Abel and kills him, whereupon God condemns Cain to a life of wandering and puts a mark on him, as a sign that he is protected and no one must kill him. When Cain and Abel are in the field Cain attacks Abel and kills him, whereupon God condemns Cain to a life of wandering and puts a mark on him, as a sign that he is protected and no one must kill him. …show more content…

In the beginning of the story of Cain and Abel, Cain’s birth was described as “Now the man [Adam] knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying,” I have gotten a man with [the help of] the Lord” (Gen 4:1). To ancient interpreters it was odd for the mother to refer to the baby as man and therefore it leads to the analyzation that Cain must have been aa wicked angel and is evil in nature. This indication thus explained why Cain murders Abel and is reflected in the New Testament when

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