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Cain murders Abel

Cain, angry that the LORD accepted Abel's offering and not his own, murdered his brother in the field and was driven out as a wanderer, yet marked by God against vengeance (Genesis 4:8-15). Scripture places it before Seth's birth (Genesis 4:25), so before 3874 BC; no closer date is given.

📖 Genesis 4:1–3

1And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said. 2Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil. 3So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,

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