Old Testament · Beginnings

Cain

Who was Cain?

Cain was the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, remembered as the first murderer for killing his brother Abel.

RoleFirst son of Adam and Eve
EraBeginnings
ParentsAdam and Eve
BrotherAbel
Known forThe first murder
JudgmentA restless wanderer

Cain worked the ground while his brother Abel kept flocks. When both brought offerings to God, Abel’s was accepted and Cain’s was not — and Cain’s face fell with anger and jealousy.

God warned him that sin was “crouching at the door,” but Cain led his brother into a field and killed him. Confronted, he answered with the famous evasion, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

God spared Cain’s life but sent him to wander as a fugitive, marking him for protection. His story is Scripture’s first portrait of how unchecked anger grows into violence.

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Original BibleDawn profile. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy. Scripture quoted from the public-domain Berean Standard Bible.