Who were these two people?
They were sons of Adam and Eve. Cain was Abel’s elder brother
Cain was a farmer while his younger brother Abel was a shepherd.
Cain and Abel Give Offerings to God.
One day, Cain went to give offering to God. He took some of the crops he harvested and offered them to God.
His brother Abel brought to God the first lamb that one of his sheep gave birth to. He killed the lamb and gave the best part of it as offering to God.
God was very happy with Abel and his offering. But God rejected Cain and his offering.
Cain Becomes Angry
When Cain realized that God had rejected his offering, he became very angry.
God asked Cain why he was angry. He said to Cain, “Why are you so angry? Why do you look so dejected? You will be accepted if you respond in the right way. But if you refuse to respond correctly, then watch out! Sin is waiting to attack and destroy you, and you must subdue it.”
Cain Murders His Brother Abel
Sin, which was waiting to attack and destroy Cain finally struck Cain and made him kill his brother Abel. This was what happened.
Cain came to Abel one day and asked him to go to the fields with him. Abel trustingly followed him without knowing that he had planned in his heart to kill him.
While both of them were in the fields, Cain attacked Abel and killed him. By doing this, Cain became the first human murderer.
God Punishes Cain for Murdering Abel
God saw Cain when Cain murdered his brother Abel.
God asked Cain, “Where is your brother?”
“I don’t know. Am I supposed to take care of my brother?” Cain answered.
Cain had no regret for killing his brother. So God punished him.
God told him that his brother’s blood was crying out to God from the ground like a voice crying for revenge.
Because of what Cain did, God placed a curse on him.
God said to him, “You are placed under a curse and can no longer farm the soil.
It has soaked up your brother's blood as if it had opened its mouth to receive it when you killed him.
If you try to grow crops, the soil will not produce anything. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”
But Cain was not sorry for the wicked thing he did. Instead of repenting of the sin, he started complaining to God concerning how hard the punishment God gave was and how people would kill him.
He said, “This punishment is too hard for me to bear. You are driving me off the land and away from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth, and anyone who finds me will kill me.”
We can see from this Bible Story that God doesn’t like people killing others. He is also a merciful God. So He told Cain that if any one killed him, seven lives would be taken in revenge.
In other to warn people not kill Cain, God put a mark on him. Cain went away and lived in a land that was in east of
Genesis 4:1-16
Questions:
- What were the names of Adam’s first two sons?
- Which of them was younger?
- What were their professions?
- What offerings did Cain and Abel give to God?
- Why did God reject Cain’s offerings?
- Who led who to the fields and murdered him?
- How did God discipline the murderer?
- Was Cain happy with the punishment he received for killing his brother? If not, then why was he not happy?
- What did Cain tell God about the punishment and what was God’s reply?
- What was the name the land Cain went to live in?
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