After they were kicked out of the garden
Adam and Eve went out into the world
To live and to work
For a time they were all alone
But one thing led to another
And God gave them a child
Eve named the first baby
In the world Cain
And named the next child Abel
When the two boys grew up
Cain worked in the fields raising grain and fruit
Abel became a shepherd
When Adam and Eve lived in the Garden
They talked with God and heard Him speak
But now out in the world
They could no longer talk with God
So they built an altar of stones
And burned offerings for the God
Whom they could not see
At the altar they made a prayer
Asking God to forgive their sins
And all that they had done wrong
They asked God to bless them
And rain good upon them
The brothers made offerings
Cain brought fruits and the grain he had grown
Abel brought a sheep from his flock
Killed it and burned it upon the altar
God was pleased with Abel and his offering
But was not pleased with Cain's fruit and grains
Maybe God wanted Cain to offer a life
Maybe Cain's heart was dark when he came to God
God showed he was not pleased with Cain
Instead of being sorry for his sin
Cain was very angry with God
And his brother Abel
When they were in the field together
Cain smote Abel and killed him
God said to Cain, where is your brother Abel?
Cain said I do not know
I am not my brother's keeper
God said What have you done?
Your brother's blood is like a voice
Crying to me from the ground
Do you see how the ground has opened
Like a mouth to drink your brother's blood?
As long as you live you shall be suffer my wrath
You will wander the earth and never find a home
And no direction home
Because you did this wicked deed
Cain said to the Lord
You have driven me away from the people
And you hide your face from me
If anyone finds me they will kill me
I will be alone and have no friends
God said to Cain if anyone harms you
They too will be punished
And the Lord placed a mark on Cain
So all who met him would know
God forbade any man to harm him
Cain and his wife went away from Adam's home
To live in a place by themselves
And they had children
They built a city
And Cain named the city
After his first child Enoch.
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