(1432) at Saint Bavo Cathedral.]] According to Genesis, Cain and Abel were the first and second sons of Adam and Eve,"She conceived and gave birth to Cain. ... Then she also gave birth to his brother Abel." (Holman Christian Standard Bible, HCSB).born after the Fall of Man."God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground." Gen 3:23 (HCSB).Their story is told in , the Qur'an at 5:26-32, and Moses 5:16-41.In all versions, Cain, a farmer,"Cain cultivated the land." Gen 4:2 (HCSB).commits the first murder by killing his brother Abel, a shepherd,"Abel became a shepherd." ().after God (called YHWH) and others (Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, BHS).rejects Cain's sacrifice but accepts Abel's.Relevant passage quoted in text below. The oldest known copy of the biblical narration is from the Dead Sea Scrolls (4QGen

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