Bible: The Story Of Cain And Abel

The Lion King is a film about a young cub, Simba, born to the king of the lions. The king, Mufasa, was loved by all animals. He took on great leadership and showed tremendous amount interest in knowing every animal, not just those of his kind. The only animal ever against Mufasa was unfortunately his own brother, Scar. The antagonistic Scar had a plot to kill both King Mufasa and his son Simba in order to take over the control

One twin creates good and the other creates evil. In the first story, the better natured twin creates anything good. For example, animals for humans to eat and digest. His brother created all natural predators, so that the humans would need to develop skills to feed themselves. “Whatever the good natured twin would do, his brother would scheme some way of altering it.” But in this story, good and evil balance each other like yin-yang. Compared to the Christian story, they don’t. In the Judeo-Christian story, the twins are named Cain and Abel, children of Adam and Eve. Abel kept flocks and Cain worked the soil. One day, Cain offered God some of his fruits from his soil, and Abel offered God fat portions from some of his flock. In Genesis 4, it says, “The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.” After that, Cain told his brother Abel to go out to the field. While they were in the field, Cain attacked Abel and killed him. So in this story, the twins really do nothing for Earth and instead one kills the other brother out of anger. Cain got punished from God for killing his brother, which is a

Livy’s rendition of Romulus and Remus and the story of Cain and Abel in the bible are two stories that, at first glance, appear to be comparable to each other. However, with deeper examination, both of the stories have differing deeper meanings, and begin to drift apart with more digging. Both stories have different purposes, with the myth Romulus and Remus giving a mythological origin to the Roman civilization. Meanwhile, the story of Cain and Abel revolves around favoritism and criticism. These two different interpretations are only one of the many differences between the two tales. However, both of them can be classified as creation myths, with Romulus and Remus creating the city of Rome, and Cain creating the city of Enoch. With this

Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain is the eldest and Abel is the youngest. Cain is described as the tiller of the ground whereas Abel is the keeper of sheep. Both men know that God requires an offering, but the offering of Cain is quite different from that of Abel. Abel fears God, and because of this he offers the best of his flock to the Lord. He kills the animal and makes a sacrifice of blood. Abel understands that the shedding of innocent blood for the forgiveness of sin is acceptable. He also knows that this action of his is representative of surrendering his heart to God. By contrast, Cain brings what he has grown and gathered from the earth. In a way, a foolish man would think

Gandhi once said, “I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul”.

The biblical story of Cain and Abel plays a central role in the novel East of Eden. In "Genesis", Adam and Eve 's sons, Cain and Abel, offered sacrifices to God. The shepherd Abel sacrifices his best lamb, while the farmer Cain offers grain. Because God prefers Abel 's gift over Cain 's, Cain becomes infuriated and kills his brother in a jealous rage.

" And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, ' Where is Abel thy brother?' And he said, ' I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?' And he said, ' What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.' And Cain said unto the Lord, ' My punishment is greater

Cain and Abel were in a situation much more unique than Esau and Jacob, and Joseph and his brothers faced, for the society they lived in was extremely small, and they each had a direct relationship with God. As the book of Genesis tells us, Cain was the first born son of Adam and Eve. Their next son was a boy whom they named Abel. As Cain and Abel grew up both took responsibilities for making a living.

John Steinbeck uses a wide variety of literary devices throughout his novel, most notably, his wide use of allusions. The two younger generations of the Trask family mirror the biblical tale of Cain and Abel, both in name and in actions. Cain and Abel is a tale of two brothers, one a farmer, the other a shepherd, who each offer gifts to god. God chooses Abel’s gift over Cain’s gift, and in a jealous rage, Cain murders Abel. God then exiles Cain to the lands east of Eden, where he is sent to wander. Both generations of Trask brothers mirror the story of Cain and Abel. One brother is favored above the other, which leads to anger from the sibling cast aside. Adam’s father cast aside Charles in favor of Adam, and Adam, unaware of the similar circumstance, casts aside Caleb over his more amiable brother, sending him into a jealous rage the same way Adom’s brother had years before. The repeating circumstances convey the insight that history may not repeat per se, but rather it rhymes. Another major allusion within “East of Eden” is the title itself. Cain is sent to the lands east of Eden as his punishment, and so is Charles, who confines himself to his farm to think over his actions. Caleb finally breaks the cycle, being relieved from his spiritual wandering by his father. The title contrasts the theme of the novel, which emphasizes human choice in their fate.

In John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, Adam’s son Cal reflects the character of Cain in the Bible. Cain is born to Adam and Eve. When Cain and Abel present gifts to God, God favors Abel’s gift. Cain grows jealous and kills his brother out of jealousy. Though similar to Cain, John Steinbeck uses the choices Cal makes to contrast his character to Cain in the Bible and to demonstrate that, despite being evil, people can choose their course in life.

Jealousy is one of the main reasons for anger and destruction. The rivalry between siblings can cause extreme feelings of jealousy, which can create a catastrophe. The biblical story of Cain and Abel shows this when Cain’s jealousy brings him to slaughter his brother and his loss of control ends with deadly consequences. In his novel, East of Eden, John Steinbeck retells the story of Cain and Abel through the relationships between Charles and Adam, as well as through Cal and Aron. Charles’ obsessive jealousy over his brother ultimately causes him to try to kill him, and Cal’s overwhelming sense of rivalry causes his father to shun him, as God did to Cain.

Cain and Abel (4:1-16): Both brothers gave God an offering to please Him. But God didn’t care for Cain’s offering and favored Abel’s instead. Because Cain had a hard time controlling his anger, he went out and killed his brother out of sheer jealousy and rage. When he returned, he lied to God and said that he had no idea where his brother could have gone. God was very upset and cursed Cain to be a helpless wanderer and for his crops to be fruitless for the rest of his life.

Moreover, just as Cal and Aron relate to their father and his brother, Charles, they also fall under a biblical or brotherhood “curse”. The story of Cain and Abel depicts two brothers, one who’s fueled by jealousy (Cain), kills his brother over the favoritism God had on the two gifts presented

In addition, in the story of “Cain and Abel”, Cain, the son of Adam and Eve,

In book 4 of the Bible the first brother story takes place. It is one of deceit and competition over receiving better blessings from God. This is the story of Cain and