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Cain
PatriarchGenesis 4:1
Description
Firstborn son of Adam and Eve. A tiller of the ground who slew his brother Abel.
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Key Events
Birth
Genesis 4:1
Life Event
Firstborn son of Adam and Eve.
Life Event
A tiller of the ground who slew his brother Abel.
Scripture References
Genesis 4:1
“And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.”
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The Sacrifice of Isaac
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Abraham Journeying into the Land of Canaan
Gustave Doré, 1866
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Jacob Wrestling with the Angel
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Gustave Doré, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons