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Cain and Abel - Wikipedia
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Not really a Christian but I have read the bible and some stories are pretty neat.
I was revisiting the part on Cain and Abel. In case you don't know I'll put a short version
Adam and Eve had 2 sons. Cain and Abel.
Cain was a farmer who toiled the land while Abel was a sheep herder.
Both gave offerings to God. However God only accepted Abel's offerings and rejected Cain's one.
Naturally Cain became very angry and was jealous as hell. So one day he told Abel to come to the fields with him. Once they were both in the fields, Cain attacked and murdered Abel. This was known as "The First Murder" of humanity.
God obviously found out and was pissed as hell. So Cain was punished and became a restless wanderer until he died.
So obviously the story was about pure jealously. I too would be fucking pissed if I was Cain since I worked my ass off only for the big boss to spit on my efforts. However apparantly there's a not so well known part to Cain's REAL motivation for killing Abel.
Here it is
Ancient exegetes, such as the Midrash and the Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan, tell that the motive involved a desire for the most beautiful woman. According to Midrashic tradition, Cain and Abel each had twin sisters; each was to marry the other's. The Midrash states that Abel's promised wife, Aclima, was more beautiful than Awan. Since Cain would not consent to this arrangement, Adam suggested seeking God's blessing by means of a sacrifice. Whoever God blessed would marry Aclima. When God openly rejected Cain's sacrifice, Cain slew his brother in a fit of jealousy and anger.[54][55] Rabbinical exegetes have discussed whether Cain's incestuous relationship with his sister was in violation of halakha.[56]
So basically not only did Eve cause us to be expelled from the Garden of Eden, but her Daughters were basically the causes of the first conflict (and murder) between men. Wow who knew huh? And throughout history it has been constantly repeating yet we never learnt our damn lesson lol