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The story starts with the two brothers offering sacrifices to God—Abel’s is accepted, and Cain’s is rejected. Genesis doesn’t tell us why one is favored and one isn’t, and that’s part ...

Cain, in his misery, and with no one else to turn to, reaches out to his brother Abel. “And Cain spoke unto Abel his brother …” (4:8) The big mystery here is what was the content of the ...

The notion of sibling rivalry is at least as old as scripture: Cain slew Abel in a jealous fit over who had lavished the best gifts on God and gave us the first murder in history. The contest ...