Year not stated · Creation and Pre-Flood
Cain murders Abel
Cain spoke with Abel and attacked him in the field, murdering his brother (Genesis 4:8). Scripture places the murder before Seth's birth, so before 3874 BC, but gives no closer date.
undated in Scripture
Bounded by Seth's birth, 3874 BC
📖 Genesis 4:8
8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
Sources: AiG: Timeline for the Flood
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