Chapter 4: The Book of Genesis

1.) Are Cain and Abel twin brothers? If YES please specify your answer. If NO, specify also your answer.
Answer: No, because none of the translations conclusively suggests that the two are twins. One kind of example of it that sounds
similarly interesting is when Abraham took another wife (Keturah) after Sarah died. Keturah bore 6 children at different times, not ALL
AT ONCE. (See Genesis 25:1-2). The word “twins” didn’t appear in the passage of Genesis chapter 4. We can see and read that it’s just
Cain refers to Abel as his brother, & neither Adam and/or Eve didn’t indicate that they’re both twins. So, therefore, I conclude that Cain
and Abel are not twins, but BROTHERS.

2.) Why did God “regard” Abel’s offering?

Answer: According to Hebrews 11:4 (Easy to Read Version) “Cain and Abel both offered sacrifices to God. But Abel offered a better
sacrifice to God because he had faith. God said he was pleased with what Abel offered. And so, God called him a good man
because he had faith. Abel died, but through his faith he is still speaking.” And what makes Abel’s sacrifice better? “Abel
brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions” (Genesis 4:4). That is, he offered the first-borns, the very best
of what he has. But Cain doesn’t offer God the first fruits of his harvest. Instead, he simply gives him “an offering of
the fruit of the ground” (Genesis 4:3). This is a difference in both faith and works. By faith, Abel gives God everything.
Cain phones it’s in. Abel’s piety is demonstrated by “the fact that he did not casually offer any one of his sheep but ‘one of
the firstborns,’ that is, from the valuable and special ones,” whereas in Cain’s case, “nothing of the kind is suggested”;
Genesis 4:3’s description of Cain bringing “an offering of the fruit of the ground” suggests a lack of zeal or care.

3.) Why did God “had no regard” for Cain’s offering?

Answer: According to 1 John 3:12 “Don’t be like Cain. He belonged to the Evil One. Cain killed his brother. But why did he kill
him? Because what Cain did was evil, and what his brother did was good.” Abel’s sincerity is demonstrated by his choice of
the firstborn, and “Cain should have done so as well by offering some of the first - fruits,” since what is due to God ought
to “be apportioned before everything else.” Instead, Cain procrastinates, bringing his offering “in the course of time”
(Genesis 4:3), “as if remembering God only on second thoughts.”
 Cain's rejection is based solely upon the sovereign choice of God. There was nothing different about either of the
offerings. God, rather chose to accept one and reject the other without providing us any reason as to why. Therefore, it
is fruitless to try to discover the reason for God's decisions for they are His and His alone.
 In addition, the Book of Hebrews stresses the fact that Abel offered a more excellent sacrifice than Cain (Hebrews 11:4).
 Not his best. Another possible reason for the rejection of Cain's offering is the fruit that he brought wasn’t the best the
land had produced. It is emphasized that Abel brought the first fruits of his flock-the best that he had. Cain, on the
other hand, merely brought ordinary fruit to the God-possibly of a poor quality. Therefore, the difference between the
two offerings is that Abel brought the best of what he had while Cain did not make an effort to bring his best to the
God. Cain's offering showed indifference or carelessness. The heart attitude of Cain was sinful and this led to his
bringing an inferior offering. Cain did not offer his best to the God because there was a problem with sin in his life. The
Bible says, the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination (Proverbs 21:27).
 Wrong motive, not wrong offering. His offering was rejected because of his impure heart, not because it was the fruit of
the land rather than a blood sacrifice. He may have brought the very best that he had, but he did so with entirely the
wrong attitude. This would be comparable to somebody giving a large sum of money to the church with a grudging
attitude.
4.) How did Cain kill Abel?
Answer: The story appears in the Quran, in Surah 5, verses 27 to 31: [Prophet], “tell them the truth about the story of Adam's two
sons: each of them offered a sacrifice, and it was accepted from one and not the other. One said, 'I will kill you,' but the
other said, 'God only accepts the sacrifice of those who are mindful of Him. If you raise your hand to kill me, I will not
raise mine to kill you. I fear God, the Lord of all worlds, and I would rather you were burdened with my sins as well as
yours and became an inhabitant of the Fire: such is the evildoers' reward.' But his soul prompted him to kill his
brother: he killed him and became one of the losers. God sent a raven to scratch up the ground and show him how to
cover his brother's corpse and he said, 'Woe is me! Could I not have been like this raven and covered up my brother's
body?” He became remorseful. — The Quran, translated by Muhammad Abdel-Haleem
 According to another tradition, the devil appeared to Cain and instructed him how to exact revenge on Abel. "Hit Abel's
head with a stone and kill him," whispered the devil to Cain. After the murder, the devil hurried to Eve shouting: "Eve!
Cain has murdered Abel!". Eve did not know what murder was or how death felt like. She asked, bewildered and
horrified, "Woe to you! What is murder?". "He [Abel] does not eat. He does not drink. He does not move [That's what
murder and death are]," answered the Devil.
 Another story/interpretation was this:
o The opportunity presented itself ere long. One day a sheep belonging to Abel tramped over a field that had been
planted by Cain.
o In a rage, the latter called out, "What right hast thou to live upon my land and let thy sheep pasture yonder?"
o Abel retorted: "What right hast thou to use the products of my sheep, to make garments for thy self from their
wool? If thou wilt take off the wool of my sheep wherein, thou art arrayed, and wilt pay me for the flesh of the
flocks which thou hast eaten, then I will quit thy land as thou desirest, and fly into the air, if I can do it."
o Cain thereupon said, "And if I were to kill thee, who is there to demand thy blood of me?"
o Abel replied: " God, who brought us into the world, will avenge me. He will require my blood at thine hand, if
thou shouldst slay me. God is the Judge, who will visit their wicked deeds upon the wicked, and their evil deeds
upon the evil. Shouldst thou slay me, God will know thy secret, and He will deal out punishment unto thee."
o These words but added to the anger of Cain, and he threw himself upon his brother. Abel was stronger than he,
and he would have got the worst of it, but at the last moment he begged for mercy, and the gentle Abel released
his hold upon him. Scarcely did he feel himself free, when he turned against Abel once more, and slew him.
o So true is the saying, "Do the evil no good, lest evil fall upon thee."
 The Punishment of Cain: The manner of Abel’s death was the cruelest conceivable. Not knowing what injury was fatal,
Cain pelted all parts of his body with stones, until one struck him on the neck and inflicted death.

5.) Show me the verse in Genesis chapter 1 that shows God already created man and woman. Because in chapter 4:17, Cain had relations
with his wife and she conceived. In fact, Eve conceived only him and Abel. How come that he got his wife?
Answer: Genesis 1:27 (Easy to Read Version): “So God created humans in his own image. He created them to be like
himself. He created them male and female.” As for Genesis 4:17, yes, he had a relationship with AWAN (also Aven or Avan
from Hebrew word that means “vice”, “iniquity”, or “potency”) which serves as his wife and also his sister. Why also his
sister? Because according to Genesis 5:4: “After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had OTHER sons and
DAUGHTERS.”