First son of Adam and Eve, remembered for murdering Abel.
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Who or what is this?
Firstborn son of and , a tiller of the ground whose offering is rejected while his brother 's is accepted. In anger he kills Abel in the field and is cursed to be a restless wanderer, though God marks him to prevent vengeance. He settles in the land of Nod and founds a city named for his son Enoch, and Genesis traces his line through Lamech. The New Testament holds him up as a warning in , 1 John, and alongside the figures of false and violent piety.
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