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Adam's firstborn son who killed his brother Abel — the Bible's first murderer
Cain and Abel both brought offerings to God, but God accepted Abel's and rejected Cain's. Instead of fixing his heart, Cain murdered Abel out of jealousy. God marked him and sent him away. His name became shorthand for jealousy-driven violence — Jude warns about people who 'walk in the way of Cain.'
4 chapters across 3 books
Cain is introduced as Adam and Eve's firstborn — a farmer by trade — whose offering of produce God does not accept, igniting the jealousy that drives the rest of the chapter.
When God Said Nah and Hit ResetCain is invoked here as the origin point of humanity's moral spiral — his murder of Abel in chapter 4 is presented as the seed of the widespread violence and wickedness that now defines the entire pre-flood world.
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