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Both Cain and Abel desired to marry their sister, Adam's beautiful daughter, Aclima (Arabic: Aqlimia'). Seeking to end the dispute, Adam suggested that each present an offering to God. The one whose offering God accepted would marry Aclima. Abel, a generous shepherd, offered the fattest of his sheep as an oblation to God. But Cain, a miserly ...
Adam wished Cain to marry Abel's twin sister and Abel to marry Cain's. However, Cain wished to marry Aclima rather than Azura. Adam proposed to refer the question to God by means of a sacrifice, and God rejected Cain's sacrifice, signifying his disapproval of Cain's marriage to Aclima. Cain slew his brother in a fit of jealousy. [3] [4] [5]
In Muslim tradition, Cain was born with a twin sister named Aclima, and Abel with a twin sister named Azura. Adam wished Cain to marry Abel's twin sister and Abel to marry Cain's. Cain did not consent to this arrangement, and Adam proposed to refer the question to God by means of a sacrifice.
The text states, "In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor."
The story of Cain's murder of Abel and its consequences is told in Genesis 4:1–18: [2] Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, "I have produced a man with the help of the Lord." [3] Next she bore his brother Abel. [4] Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground.
After Cain arrived in the Land of Nod, to which he was banished by God as his punishment for murdering his own brother Abel, his wife became pregnant and bore Cain's first child, whom he named Enoch. This Enoch is not to be confused with Enoch, son of Jared , to whom the authorship of the Book of Enoch is ascribed.
A depiction of Cain burying Abel from an illuminated manuscript version of Stories of the Prophets. Of Adam's first children, Cain was the elder son while Abel the younger. . Each of them presented a sacrifice to God but it was accepted only from Abel, because of the latter's righteous attitude and his faith and firm belief in G
Seth, [a] in the Abrahamic religions, was the third son of Adam and Eve.According to the Hebrew Bible, he had two brothers: Cain and Abel.According to Genesis 4:25, Seth was born after Abel's murder by Cain, and Eve believed that God had appointed him as a replacement for Abel.