Today we skip forward in our journey through Genesis. After the creation of humans, there was the famous “Fall,” when humans first sinned. Chapter 4 tells us, we kept falling, farther and farther.
Old
Testament Lesson: Genesis 4:1-16
1 Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve,
and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the
LORD’s help, I have produced a man!” 2 Later she gave birth to his
brother and named him Abel.
When
they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground. 3
When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to
the LORD. 4 Abel also brought a gift—the best of the firstborn lambs
from his flock. The LORD accepted Abel and his gift, 5 but he did
not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked
dejected.
6
“Why are you so angry?” the LORD asked Cain. “Why do you look so dejected? 7
You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is
right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But
you must subdue it and be its master.”
8
One day Cain suggested to his brother, “Let’s go out into the fields.” And
while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.
