The Story of Cain and Abel. This belongs to the J cycle of stories,
but apparently not to the same stratum as Genesis 4:3, for it is
assumed that the earth has a population from which Cain fears
vengeance, and the curse in Genesis 4:11 f. ignores the cursing of the
ground in Genesis 3:17. Originally... [ Continue Reading ]
Cainite and Sethite Genealogies.
Genesis 4:17 probably belongs to the earliest stratum of J, in which
the progress of civilisation is not interrupted by the Flood, and the
human race is derived from Adam through Cain. When the story of the
Deluge was added and the race of Cain was believed to have b... [ Continue Reading ]