Cain and Abel

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1. The first children of Adam and Eve, born after the Fall of Man. Once, when they were grown men, both Cain and Abel offered sacrifices to God. When Cain saw that Abel's pleased God whereas his did not, Cain murdered his brother out of jealousy. For his crime, Cain was exiled by God to a life of wandering in a distant land.

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God “set a mark upon Cain” to protect him in his wanderings. The “mark of Cain” now refers to an individual's or humankind's sinful nature.

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“Frogs” is sort of bookended by examples of spiritual collapse, with the murder of Cain and Abel at the beginning and the Kristofferson song at the end.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024

What might the references to Moses and Cain and Abel tell us about Quran’s early audience?

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Exactly as you said, it will be a Cain and Abel story that is essentially the senior brother gets the money, the title, basically the job, that is to say the king.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2022

The film retells the story of Cain and Abel through the lives of two brothers who sought the attention of their religious father.

From BBC • May 21, 2018

My eyes had wandered from the mild face, and I was pondering on the significance of the Cain and Abel on the carving, when L. returned.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)