Cain and Abel
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In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. The brothers made sacrifices, each from h
Cain slaying Abel, by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1600
Cain leadeth Abel to death, by James Tissot, c. 1900
Islamic illustration of Cain carrying his murdered brother, Abel, to hide his body from God from a Stories of the Prophets manuscript.
Cain and Abel. Plaster cast after bronze (1425–1438) by Jacopo Della Quercia (1374–1438), Bologna, Italy. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Land of Nod
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The Land of Nod is a place mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, located "on the east of Eden", where Cain was exiled by God after Cain had murdered his brother Abel.
Cain and Abel
…had no regard for Cain's. Cain killed Abel and God judged it murder, cursing Cain and sentencing him to a life of transience. Cain then dwelt in the land of Nod (נוֹד, 'wandering'), where he built a city and fathered the line of descendants beginning with Enoch. Thus, Cain was the first person born, and Abel…
Cain fleeing before Jehovah's Curse, by Fernand-Anne Piestre Cormon, c. 1880
Gate to Land of Nod Road in Headley Down, Hampshire, UK