Cain and Abel Flashcards

1
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What relationship did Cain have to Abel?

A

They were brothers.

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2
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Who were Cain and Abel’s parents?

A

Adam and Eve.

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3
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What was Abel’s job?

A

He kept the flocks (shepherd).

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4
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What was Cain’s job?

A

He grew crops.

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5
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What offerings did Cain and Abel give to God?

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Abel gave some of the firstborn of his flock. Cain gave crops.

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6
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Which brother’s sacrifice did God favour more?

A

Abel’s.

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7
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Why was Cain angry?

A

God did not look upon his sacrifice with favour.

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8
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What did God say to Cain after the sacrifice?

A

He said ‘sin is crouching at your door. It desires to have you, but you must rule over it’.

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9
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What did Cain do in the field?

A

He attacked and killed Abel.

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10
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What did God ask Cain after he killed his brother, and what did Cain reply?

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God asked where Abel was. Cain said he ‘was not his brother’s keeper’.

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How did God find out what Cain had done?

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He heard Abel’s blood crying from the ground.

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How did God punish Cain?

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He made no crops grow when Cain worked the land and he made Cain wander the earth.

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13
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Why did Cain say he could not bear his punishment?

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He said that anyone who found him would kill him.

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14
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What did God do to make Cain’s punishment less severe?

A

He placed a mark on Cain so that nobody would kill him.

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15
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Where did Cain go to live?

A

The land of Nod, east of Eden.

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16
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Why did God reject Cain’s sacrifice?

A

Cain’s motives were bad.

17
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What does Abel’s blood crying from the ground refer to?

A

His innocence.

18
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What does this story tell us about God?

A
  • God desires genuine worship from the heart
  • God is generous: God could have killed Cain but he gave him a second chance. He also placed a mark on Cain so nobody would kill him.
19
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What do Cain’s sins show?

A

The development of sin: from jealousy to anger to murder and then lying.