cain and abel?

Question

i'm just wondering why God disliked Cain and his offerings, but He liked Abel...if He is a good God, why wouldn't He appreciate such offering given to Him? i'm just wondering...

Answer 1

If you specifically asked for something to be given to you, and someone purposely didn't listen and decided upon themselves to give you something else, you would be a little upset right? God wanted a blood offering, and here is Cain giving God a fruit basket!

Answer 2

It's not so much as to the details of what was given... but the quality, and where their hearts were, when given.

Able gave the firstlings of his flock, that is, the first and the best of his sheep. Cain got any old vegetables he could find. Not necessarily the best, nor the first of the crop, but rather, whatever was handy.

Able was more interested in pleasing God, so he gave his best. Cain wanted to get the offering done and overwith (but expected the same reward Able got).

Now, imagine you're a parent, with two sons in kindergarten. One son comes up to you and says, "Look! I spent all day drawing this for you! I found the shiniest buttons I could, and glued them to the picture for eyes! See, there's you, there's brother, and there's me!". Your other son walks up to you, hands you a crumpled paper with a scribble on it, and nonchalantly says, "Here."

Of your two sons, who showed real love for you, that is... who was more concerned about making *you* happy... and who was more concerned with just getting the sticker on their paper to show their schoolwork was completed?

So it was with Cain and Able. Able put the effort into pleasing God. Cain could've cared less. This was why Able's offering was favored, and Cain's was not.

Answer 3

God didnt dislike Cain as a person, just his offering, he did not give God his very best as to where his brother did, So that made Cain very angry to see that God approved of Abels offering and not his and so in jealousy he killed his brother.

Answer 4

In many ways, this is one of the mysteries of the Tanakh. It would be difficult to tell what the Jawhist's intent of the story is, given that in many ways Cain was shown a great deal of mercy by Yahweh by receiving a mark of protection and allowed to build a city. My guess is that the Jawhist was trying to relate a morality tale that would have been understandable at the time when the Jewish religion was being formalised around the 6th or 7th century BCE, but relatively foreign to future generations that lay outside of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

Answer 5

Since Cain and Abel never existed, Moses wanted to form certain character to the newly establishing nation of the Jews, after the slaves, from any nations, were taken out of Egypt!

Answer 6

Abels offereing was a blood offering, and god likes drinking blood!

Answer 7

Prov. 15: 8.
8 The asacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CALLED
GENESIS
CHAPTER 4
5 But unto aCain and to his boffering he had not crespect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be aaccepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

Answer 8

Abel gave the best that he had. Cain gave the sh*t he didn't want.

Answer 9

This question probably belongs in the Mythology & Folklore section.

Answer 10

Because he gave it with a proud heart, instead of humble.