Cain murders Abel
Genesis 4:1–16; Hebrews 11:4; 1 John 3:12
Cain, angry that God accepted Abel's offering and not his, killed his brother: the first human death recorded.
Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.”
Genesis 4:10 (World English Bible)
Adam and Eve's first sons were a farmer and a shepherd. Both brought offerings, but God accepted Abel's and not Cain's. Hebrews 11:4 says the difference was faith.
God warned Cain that sin was crouching at his door, but Cain lured his brother into a field and killed him. God sent Cain away as a wanderer, yet marked him so that no one would kill him. Cain settled east of Eden and built a city.
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Dating notes
Undated in Scripture. Placed just before Seth's birth (3874 BC) because Eve named Seth as God's replacement for Abel (Genesis 4:25); this follows the reasoning common in Ussher-based charts. Cain and Abel have no lifespan bars because their birth and death years are not recorded.