![]() ![]() Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let’s go out to the field." While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door it desires to have you, but you must rule over it. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, an ancient Sumerian text described the conflict between nomads and the first settled farmers and may have influenced the story. And even more problematic, why did God reject Cain’s sacrifice? The text provided no reason. How did the first two men on earth know to make sacrifices to God? The Law of Moses, which details sacrifices, had not yet been introduced. The problem began when the brothers decided to make sacrifices to God from each of their produce, but God only accepted Abel’s.
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