The book of Genesis tells of many things that the Christen and Jewish faith holds in their faith. One of the stories is the story of Cain and Able. The story of Cain and able Chapter 4 in the book of Genesis. A short simple summary of the story is that Adam and Eve have two sons first was Cain, second was Able. The two sons grew and Cain Worked the fields, well Able kept a flock of sheep. Cain brought God offerings of the fruit of the earth; well Able brought fat portions of the first born lambs. God favored Abel's offering over Cain's. This made Cain jealous of his brother. God asked Cain why he was jealous, if he was doing what was right. Cain later took his brother out to a field and killed him. God was angry with Cain and punished him by telling him the earth would not bare him fruit ever agen; he also makes it so Cain can not be killed by another man. Cain left their and went off and made his own city and called it Enoch, after his son. This passage of the bible brings up many questions, it also laves some unanswered. I mean to explore why god did not explore why God acepted Able's gifts and not Cain's, what the conflict between the two brothers is and what is the authors point to the passage.
             The story in the bible it self dose not say why god favored Able's offering over Cains offering. The annotations in the New Oxford Bible say that, "The story dose not explain why the LORD had regard for Able and his offering. Instead, it focuses on Cain's reactions to this unexplained divine preference for the sacrifice of his brother." (Coogan. 16.) A Commentary on the Holy Bible suggest that "The character of the brothers rather than their offerings are kept chiefly in view."(11.) In looking at the whole chapter God never says why or even if he favored Able's gifts over Cain's, which leaves me with the question dose God actually favor one brothers offering over the others? If one looks at Gen. 4: 7; "
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