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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Cain (Man living at the time before the Flood)

Adam and Eve's firstborn, a farmer. God accepted his brother Abel's offering and not his, and Cain killed Abel out of jealousy. God marked him and sent him off to wander rather than putting him to death.

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Adam and Eve's firstborn, a farmer. God accepted his brother Abel's offering and not his, and Cain killed Abel out of jealousy. God marked him and sent him off to wander rather than putting him to death.

Who this is

Cain was Adam and Eve's firstborn son, a farmer who murdered his shepherd brother Abel out of jealousy after God accepted Abel's offering but not his own, and God marked him and exiled him to a life of wandering rather than executing him. Cain went on to build the first city mentioned in the Bible, naming it after his son Enoch, and his descendants are credited with early advances in livestock, music, and metalworking before the line disappears from the narrative.

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The word

H7014 · G2535

Where it appears
  • Genesis 4:1
  • Genesis 4:2
  • Genesis 4:3
  • Genesis 4:5
  • Genesis 4:6
  • Genesis 4:8
  • Genesis 4:9
  • Genesis 4:13
  • Genesis 4:15
  • Genesis 4:16
  • Genesis 4:17
  • Genesis 4:24
  • Genesis 4:25
  • Numbers 24:22
  • Judges 4:11
  • Hebrews 11:4
  • 1 John 3:12
  • Jude 1:11

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