Cain and Abel Position Paper



Cain and Abel

Introduction

The chapter of Genesis 4:1-7 explains about the relationship of Adam and Eve and their two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain was the first son of the foremost human couple on the earth. The next son of Adam and Eve was named Abel. After growing up, both of the sons took their responsibility in order to live their life, in which Abel took the responsibility to look after the sheep and on the other hand, Cain became a farmer. The meaning of Cain is “Spear or Smith” and at contrast Abel means “Breath”.

Discussion Analysis

Setting

When Adam and Eve became husband and wife and gave birth to a son named Cain. After that Abel was born. After maturing and taking their responsibilities, Cain and Abel started giving sacrifices to God, in which Cain offered a portion of his field's crops to GOD. The geographical setting of the occasion was projected on the east of the Eden Garden (Gen 3:24). It is obvious that the place of Eden is not disclosed anywhere. The couple's were in exile that had resulted from their collapse into sin and rebellion. Further on, the sin of Cain and his fratricide towards eastward indicates the judgment and increases the commonness of sin with its attendants (4:14). The chronological context of the period before the biblical flood presents specific geographic position of Eden. The temporal setting was took place in the early dawn of human's history. Following the creation of man, fall into insurrection, ejection from Eden and another temporal position was taken place on the time of birth of two sons, Cain and Abel (4:1). In the framework of Genesis 4:1—7, we locate an organic and typical sequence of life: Even give birth to two sons (4:1—2a); Cain and Abel grow into their personal vocations; they both were like Adam and fall into the age of becoming responsible for looking after their own relationship.

Even though, the birth of the sons shows a substantial movement in the narrative of Genesis. The narration of Cain discloses the key parallels to the fall narration of the Genesis 3, in which sin was physically portrayed (Gen 3:5—7; 4:6—7); the offender experiences heavenly cross-examination (Gen 3:3—13; 4:9—12); the eventual heavenly question was one of their personal position “Where are you”? And the social position “Where is your brother”? (Gen 3:9; 4:9). The geographical illustration of Adam's sin was portrayed in the case of Cain as a strike of fall. Therefore, it is important for us to study the retrosectively Genesis for getting the proper understanding about the Genesis 4 .

Key Terms

The term Offering is an instance of repetition, which has occurred thrice in the regarded narrative and used 211 times in the Old Testament. The third book of Old Testament (Leviticus) describes the most rigorous qualifications for Offering. These regarded worship statutes shall aid to present Moses' readers, having the theology of offering that shall give the understanding of brother's “offerings” in the brief narration of ...