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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. God rejected Cain's sacrifice to signify his disapproval of his marriage to Aclima, his twin sister, and Cain slew his brother in a fit of jealousy. [1] [2] [3]
Cain's name in Islamic tradition is Qabil (Arabic: قابيل). His story is mentioned in the Quran, though without a name, where he and his brother Abel offer sacrifices; Abel's sacrifice was accepted while Cain's was not. Cain gets angry and threatens to murder his brother, but Abel tries to console him, saying that God only accepts ...
Cain slaying Abel, by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1600. In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain [a] and Abel [b] are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. [1] Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. The brothers made sacrifices, each from his own fields, to God. God had regard for Abel's offering, but had no regard [2] for ...
The Naamah mentioned in the Bible is a Cainite, a descendant in the lineage of Cain (the daughter of Lamech and sister of Tubal-cain). However, a Sethite Naamah is named as the wife of Noah (see Rashi 's commentary on Genesis 4:22), and a daughter of Enoch , Noah's great-grandfather, in the early Jewish midrash Genesis Rabba (23.3) [ 3 ] [ 4 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 February 2025. American diplomat and businesswoman (born 1954) Cindy McCain Official portrait, 2022 Executive Director of the World Food Programme Incumbent Assumed office April 5, 2023 Secretary General António Guterres Preceded by David Beasley 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations ...
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Azura (also Âzûra, Aclima, or Balbira) was the daughter of Adam and Eve, the twin of Abel, and both the wife and sister of Seth, as described in chapter 4 of the Book of Jubilees. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In an effort to explain where Cain and Abel acquired wives, some traditional sources stated that each child of Adam and Eve was born with a twin who ...