Genesis 4: UnAble to Break from the Past

Cain is the first farmer. He spends his days tilling thesoil—fulfilling the curse that God pronounced on Adam in chapter 3:

“Cursed be the ground because of you; By toil shall you eat of it”

כִּי אָרוּרָה הָאֲדָמָה בַּעֲבוּרֶךָ, בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּאכֲלֶנָּה (Genesis3:17)

Eve names him Cain because God has given her a male child.Cain, as Eve’s first child, was her first experience of the curse of God inchapter 3:

“In pain shall you bear children”

בְּעֶצֶב תֵּלְדִי בָנִים (Genesis 3:16)

His younger brother, Abel, is a shepherd. Abel fulfills theblessing bestowed on man in chapter one:

“God blessed…

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