![]() They both offered to the Lord a sacrifice, acknowledging, in a manner analogous to that later prescribed in the law, the sovereign power of the Creator. The Book of Genesis, interested in this section in the origin of the different occupations of men, tells us that Cain became a husbandman while his brother Abel tended flocks. No very serious objection can be urged against this derivation. His name is derived, according to Genesis 4:1, from the root kanah, to possess, being given to him in consequence of the words of his mother at his birth: "I have possessed a man by the favour of the Lord". Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99. ![]() Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download.
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