In the Story of Cain and Abel. God and Cain have a very interesting conversation after cain has killed his brother. God asks Cain where his brother is. in response Cain says "am I my brothers keeper". I think that this is linked back to the farming thing. Abel was the keeper of all the sheep. So in response he says that out of anger and jealousy. after this god says "Your brother's blood cries out to me from the soil". This another reference to his farming. Since Cain is a farmer that is what the reference is to. also i think this is referring to how after you die you are buried in the ground. and god can hear him from the grave crying out due to his untimely passing.
I also thought this was a typical story of jealousy and sibling rivalry. They were both competing for God's affection. After both Cain and Abel give their different offerings god states that he likes Abel better. This makes Cain enraged and jealous which causes him to kill his own flesh and blood. He then lies to God and tells him that he has no idea where his brother is. I think this shows that he is shameful because of what he did to his brother.
The story of Noah's ark differs from the first few chapters of Genesis. We see the deity who created, but in this chapter the deity is destroying what he had originally created.
No comments:
Post a Comment