Origins
Old TestamentCain & Abel
The first conflict
Two brothers, two offerings, and the first violence in the biblical narrative.
Reading plan
How the story unfolds
- 1
Two offerings
The brothers bring offerings from field and flock; one is regarded, the other is not.
- 2
A warning unheeded
Cain is warned that sin crouches at the door.
- 3
Violence in the field
Abel is killed and Cain is questioned.
- 4
Marked and sent east
Cain is marked for protection and settles east of Eden.