<P> Cain and Abel ( / keɪn , ˈeɪbəl / ; Hebrew : הֶבֶל , קַיִן ‎ Qayin , Heḇel ; Arabic : قابيل ( قايين ) ، هابيل ‎ Qābīl , Hābīl ) were sons of Adam and Eve in the biblical Book of Genesis . Cain , the firstborn , was a farmer , and his brother Abel was a shepherd . The brothers made sacrifices to God , each of his own produce , but God favored Abel 's sacrifice instead of Cain 's . Cain then murdered Abel , whereupon God punished Cain to a life of wandering . Cain then dwelt in the land of Nod ( נוֹד ‎ , `` wandering '' ) , where he built a city and fathered the line of descendants beginning with Enoch . </P>
<P> Cain and Abel ( / keɪn , ˈeɪbəl / ; Hebrew : הֶבֶל , קַיִן ‎ Qayin , Heḇel ; Arabic : قابيل ( قايين ) ، هابيل ‎ Qābīl , Hābīl ) were sons of Adam and Eve in the biblical Book of Genesis . Cain , the firstborn , was a farmer , and his brother Abel was a shepherd . The brothers made sacrifices to God , each of his own produce , but God favored Abel 's sacrifice instead of Cain 's . Cain then murdered Abel , whereupon God punished Cain to a life of wandering . Cain then dwelt in the land of Nod ( נוֹד ‎ , `` wandering '' ) , where he built a city and fathered the line of descendants beginning with Enoch . </P>
who are cain and abel in the bible
who are cain and abel in the bible
sons of Adam and Eve
sons of Adam and Eve