Man living at the time before the Flood
Cain
Adam and Eve’s firstborn, a farmer. When God accepted his brother Abel’s offering and not his own, Cain was very angry, and God warned him that sin was crouching at the door and he must rule over it (Genesis 4:3–7). Cain killed Abel in the field and, asked where his brother was, answered, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Genesis 4:8–9).
God made him a fugitive and a wanderer, yet protected him with a sign so that no one would kill him (Genesis 4:11–15). He settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden, and built a city named for his son Enoch (Genesis 4:16–17). The New Testament holds him up as a warning: he “was of the evil one” and killed his brother because his own deeds were evil (1 John 3:12; Jude 11).
Family
- Father
- Adam
- Mother
- Eve
- Children
- Enoch