Tony\'s God (Introduction)

by DragonsHeart , Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 17:55 (4751 days ago) @ dhw

Genesis 3:17 states, "To the man he said: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat, 'Cursed be the ground because of you! In toil shall you eat its yield all the days of your life.'"

Cultivating the land was a punishment! The NAB also presents Gen 4:2 differently that I stated yesterday. It states: "Next she bore his brother Abel. Abel became a keeper of the flocks, and Cain a tiller of the soil."

Because original sin had passed to the sons, the punishment did, as well. As Adam had to till the soil for the grains, his sons did also. Cain, for some reason unknown, possibly since he was the first-born, tilled the soil.

Is it reasonable to assume that, growing up, Cain and Abel heard how glorious the Garden of Eden was, and how their parents had been cast out? Notice also that it does not state how old Cain and Abel were at this time. If they were teenagers, with all the petulance that teenagers possess, then Cain might have given his offering grudgingly, and been upset when his offering was rejected while his brother's was favored.

Growing up, my sister and I were ALWAYS being compared to each other. In certain areas, I came out in more favor than she did, even though I was the younger sister. Did this hurt my sister? Of course it did. Granted, I am still alive to tell the tale.

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