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The Bail: The Story Of Cain And Abel Or The First Murder

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In the Bail, the book of Genesis holds the story of Cain and Abel or “The First Murder.” As the name implies, this passage tells how Cain murdered his brother Abel out of greed, making him the first murderer in the Bail. After this event happens, God punished Cain for the evil he had done. Although the suffering Cain goes through is brutal, the outcome of it is that it sets the outline for how criminals should be punished. As one of the first crimes committed in the Bail, God brings forth his dark side and shows Cain no one can ever deceive him. In this quote the idea that Gods knows everything is shown, ”What have you done? Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground. Now you are accursed and will be banished from the very ground which has opened its mouth to receive the blood you have shed,” (38). People can try to lie to God, …show more content…

During Cain’s time crimes weren’t common yet so being apart of one meant you would have a barbarous consequence. As people and their life styles progressed we still kept the same idea of punishing people who commit murder or other serious crimes. Although in the United States we would never punish someone the way Cain was, we still have ways to get people to regret their decisions. “Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and settled in the land of Nod to the east of Eden,” this part happens at the end of the passage. This is an example of how things are similar today. When Cain goes to Nod for the rest of his life, it’s like how people in the present day who commit murder would go to jail for the rest of their life. The main message God is trying to get us to realize in this story is that it’s not ok to murder someone or do any crimes and if you do there will be consequences that you will have to deal with. Another smaller lesson is that people can try to trick God but he always knows the

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