CAIN AND ABEL

Adam and Eve's first child was a son named Cain. Their second child's name was Abel. Cain was a farmer and Abel was a shepherd. Both of them brought an offering to the Lord. Cain brought some of the things he had grown, and Abel brought the first and best of his flock.

God liked Abel's offering, but did not like Cain's offering. The Bible does not say for sure why this was so, but it was probably because Cain did not give the best of his crops, but kept the best for himself.

Because God liked Abel's offering better, Cain got angry at Abel and killed him. When God asked Cain where his brother was, Cain said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

But God knew what had happened. God cursed Cain and told him that the ground would not grow good crops for him, and that he would be a wanderer for the rest of his life. God put a special mark upon Cain, so that others would know not to kill him.

Cain couldn't fool God; neither can we. God knows all that we do and think. Remembering this helps us to be good.

CAIN         V W C U R S E D Q M U X A B C
ABEL         C G C B A M W I K J L H S D J
FARMER       E J A H S K I L L E D A K Q M
SHEPHERD     C D I Z S H E P H E R D E K K
OFFERING     P F N V V O A D B I S T B C M
ANGRY        N S F N K I B R Q H K P P J N
KILLED       L P A X N D E Y X V M G E R H
CURSED       E O R B T G L L J B U O P Z K
MARK         J A M G B K L S Q W A F Q O Y
             M H E I U Z A T A T N F N F D
             O G R W Q R D R F H G E M C R
             A L L K P H H C G J R R C M T
             C M A R K E D J O E Y I D Q Z
             Q Y Z R I P W U B S X N S N V
             D O L U N X J Q O K E G M J E

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