Genesis 3:23–4:16
Adam and Eve lived outside the garden until they died. A flaming sword guards the path to the Tree of Life. No one has gone back there since they left.
Eve gave birth to a baby boy named Cain. Her second baby was a boy named Abel.
When the boys became men they worked like their father. Cain was a farmer. Abel was a shepherd. One day Cain brought fruit to give to God. He worked to grow the fruit on his farm. Abel had a gift for God too. He gave a lamb that had been born in the field. God was happy with Abel’s gift. But he refused Cain’s gift.
Cain became angry, so God asked him, “Why are you angry? Be careful. Sin might catch you.” Later, Cain killed Abel while he was walking in the field. God asked Cain, “Where is your brother?”
“I don’t know,” Cain answered. “Should I care for my brother?”
“What have you done?” God said. “Listen, Abel’s blood is crying to me from the ground. You murdered Abel. You will always live under a curse.”
So Cain went away from God. He lived east of Eden in the land of Nod.
Questions: What did Cain do for work? What was Abel’s gift to God?