How Is Eve Presented In Genesis 4 God

When God proclaims that he favors Abel's gift over Cain's, Cain becomes angry and jealous towards Abel and he eventually kills him. Although God is fully aware of what has transpired, He asks Cain where Abel is, and Cain answers Him untruthfully saying, "Am I my brother's keeper?" (Genesis 4:2-5). After God reveals to Cain that he knows of Abel's murder, God banishes Cain to another part of the land and places a mark on him so that no man will kill him.

Genesis 4:1-6-And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. And she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? And why is thy countenance fallen?

The biblical story of Cain and Abel plays a central role in the novel East of Eden. In "Genesis", Adam and Eve 's sons, Cain and Abel, offered sacrifices to God. The shepherd Abel sacrifices his best lamb, while the farmer Cain offers grain. Because God prefers Abel 's gift over Cain 's, Cain becomes infuriated and kills his brother in a jealous rage.

In Genesis 4:1-9 it tells about how Cain was very jealous of his brother Abel and killed him. From this situation Cain wasn’t being his brother’s keeper by killing him just because Abel’s offering had respect and his didn’t. Even though I know he had a lot of anger towards his brother he shouldn’t have killed him. Basically he wasn’t being kind or nice.

He later lured his brother out to a field, then he killed him. Cain did this because he was “never at heart’s ease” with his new ranking with God. After murdering Abel, God punished Cain by never permitting Cain to die or be killed, forcing him to wander the earth wretchedly.

In Genesis 4:3-5 the Bible says, “In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. But Able brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with

In Genesis, God interacts with Adam by speaking to him face to face. Whether God was giving out instructions or punishment to Adam and Eve, he was always doing it on a personal level. The usual portrayal of God as an omniscient being is instead replaced as mentor to Adam and Eve who is trying to help them understand their existence. This close relationship is shown even when man does something wrong. The only rule that God gives to Adam is that he must not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve go on to break the singular rule and be punished; but not to the extent most would think. Before partaking of the fruit God says that, "the day that you eat of it you shall die"(Genesis). Instead of dying, Adam and Eve are removed from the garden and go begin their lives. God punishes them for their actions, but also gives clothes and allows them to take the knowledge they have gained from the tree. Even after breaking the one rule that he has set for them, God allowed them to keep the knowledge they gained to begin mankind. This grace towards humanity is shown once again with Adam and Eve's children, Cain and Abel. Cain kills Abel after God accepts Abel's offering and not his own. Even with Cain having killed his own brother, God still does not punish Cain severally; "you will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth"(Genesis). This punishment is especially seen as inadequate as Cain goes on to settle in Nod and have his own family. This mercy by God shows that he was unable to punish humanity even for the most serious of offenses. This lack of punishment shows God's sympathy for mankind because of his close relationship with them. This close relationship stems from God's close bond with mankind because of their similar image and knowledge. This relationship that began as two very similar beings, has further blossomed as God has given great responsibility to

The story of Cain and Abel is a well know story in the bible and many different texts take examples from it. The story is about two brothers whose parents were Adam and Eve. Their names were Cain and Abel. Abel kept flocks and Cain worked the soil. Cain once took the Lord an offering of fruit and then Abel took an offering of fat from his firstborn flock. The Lord took favor of Abel and not so much Cain. Cain then became angry and jealous that the Lord showed favor over him. The bible said “And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him” (Gen. 4.8). The Lord found out and put Cain under a curse, so that his crop would no longer prosper. The Lord

In the Biblical story of Cain and Abel, God as the omnipotent deity knows that Cain killed Abel. Still, he asks Cain where is Abel. Cain says a very famous sentence asking God is he is Abel’s keeper. To this, God decides to punish Cain. He says that Cain will be cursed from the earth, which until this point was Cain’s source of living. When Cain would work on earth, it would not give him its strength. He will be a wanderer and a vagabond from that day. Cain replied that his punishment is greater than he can bear. Although many can disagree with him, some say that this punishment is not that great, God did not kill or even punished him in some physical way. But it has to be remembered that in this story, there were only four people known at

Although is has been interrupted in multiple ways, it is ultimately believed that Cain 's jealously of God favoring his brother 's sacrifice in relation to his own is what lead to his rage and commitment of murder. A main moral in the myth of the story of Cain and Abel is that jealously can lead to sin. Cain 's jealously of Abel is what causes him to lash out, and later lie to God about his actions to cover up his original sins.

God had told Cain before he murdered his brother, “Why are you so angry? Why are you scowling? If you do well, you hold your head up; if not, sin is a demon crouching at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it” (38) God clearly tells Cain to control his feelings because the outcome is never worth it. However, the jealousy got the best of him. His struggle was based off him murdering his brother he was spiteful. This simple feeling became so strong and lead him to go against one of the Ten Commandments and also spend his life as a fugitive as a result. Later in the story, Cain expresses his regret to God, “My punishment is heavier than I can bear; now you are driving me off the land, and I must hide myself from your presence.” (38) As shown by Cain’s statement, after committing a jealous filled sin, he is very remorseful. Cain’s suffering had to occur because it gives an example that envious actions have awful outcomes.

Cain is unable to communicate with god about what he is feeling. God asks Cain, “Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen’” (4:6). Cain is unable to express that he was hurt by god’s reaction because he feels as though god has betrayed him by liking Abel’s gift more. In Cain’s mind, god has already taken sides and stacked the deck against him. Cain could not confide to god because he felt abandoned and unloved by god. On the other hand, Abel too was to blame for not consoling his brother. The passage narrates, “And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect” (4:4). Abel also witnessed that Cain’s gift was not accepted but he makes no effort to console his brother. This might be due in part, to Abel wishing to overshadow his brother in the eyes of god. Earlier the text states that Cain and Abel were brothers who even though they loved each other very much did not always get along. Sibling bickering and rivalry could have led to Abel and Cain not communicating to each other about what they were feeling. We as a people share the traits of Cain when it comes to not always being about to communicate about what we are

Genesis is the first book of the Bible.  It begins with the story of God’s creation of the universe.    The Lord is the Almighty Creator of the world, skies, heavens, seas, animals, man, and woman.  He governs the universe and develops relationships with man.  Throughout Genesis, God acknowledges the fact that human beings make mistakes, and accepts their imperfection.  Throughout Genesis, God changes from one who does not tolerate disobedience, to one who shows clemency.  Early on in Genesis, God punishes Adam and Eve for disobedience.  After making the mistake of flooding the world, the Lord realizes that even He is not perfect, and does not allow Jacob’s deceit of his father to taint his future.

4:4b-5a). In Romans 4:15, Paul recorded, “Where there is no law there is no transgression.” Therefore, if God had not made the law available to Cain, there could have been no transgression of the law. Obviously, there was a transgression of the law, because of what God would tell Cain next. “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.” This shows irrefutably that Cain knew the law of God, because God points out his sin. Therefore, God did not leave His worship up to sinful man, because He told Cain that he had worshiped Him in the wrong manner. God must have made the law available to Cain for there to be transgression. In the wording of Genesis 4:7 is the implication that Cain knew the law concerning sacrifices; “if you do well, will you not be accepted?” implies that he knew how to do well, thus also showing that God did not leave His worship up to the decision of man.

In the story of Adam and Eve, their exile is God’s punishment for them of straying off the path that He had planned for them. “For dust you are and to dust shall you return” in this God explains that man is not the equivalent to God but instead He is a mere mortal (Gen. 3:19). This quote reaffirms the idea of the relationship of Gods and humans in two ways. The first is that God’s intervention is one of punishment. God is punishing man for his misdeeds. His intervention is reaffirming the separation between God and humans. He begins to establish the relationship that He is the almighty that rules over all. The relationship between the humans and God shows one of mistrust and division. Humans betray the trust of God, when they eat the apple. But God does not understand