- published: 06 Dec 2015
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In the Bible, Cain and Abel (Hebrew: הֶבֶל ,קַיִן Qayin, Hevel) are two sons of Adam and Eve. The Qur'an mentions the story, calling them the two sons of Adam (Arabic: إبني آدم).
Cain is described as a crop farmer and his younger brother Abel as a shepherd. Genesis 4:2 Cain is portrayed as sinful, committing the first murder by killing his brother, after God rejected his offerings of produce but accepted Abel's sacrifice "from the firstborn of his flock and from their fats".Genesis 4:1,3 Thus, Cain was the first human born, and Abel the first to die.
The oldest known copy of the Biblical narration is from the 1st century Dead Sea Scrolls. Cain and Abel also appear in a number of other texts, and the story is the subject of various interpretations. Abel, the first murder victim, is sometimes seen as the first martyr; while Cain, the first murderer, is sometimes seen as an ancestor of evil. A few scholars suggest the pericope may have been based on a Sumerian story representing the conflict between nomadic shepherds and settled farmers. Others think that it may refer to the days in which agriculture began to replace the ways of the hunter-gatherer.
The Mother brought forth the first born son
Said: "I have gotten a man through God"
But the instinct of the Snake saw the light of day
The sacrifice came from the heart full of devotion
And the Fallen took the blood of the prey
And it came to pass...voice of thy brother's blood cried
from the earth
The endless curse haunts through the swirl of time
And it comes to pass...voice of the brother's blood cries
from the earth
The sword is always taken by Cain's bloodline
The Mother brought forth loss of hope, anger and lust to
slay
"therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the earth"
The legacy is to be banned and punished sevenfold