From the earlier answers, I don't see where the bible says Cain gave second rate goods as a sacrifice? It may be implied, but it does not state clearly that Cain tried to cheat God. It only clearly states that God was not pleased w/ the offerings. If the ground is cursed (as one person said), then God could never be pleased w/ Cain's offerings.
P.S. The Bible was never written in English, aren't all the names in the Bible simply phonetic spellings?
2006-12-08 07:56:56 · 8 answers · asked by InvisibleWar 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
And relate to them with truth the story of the two sons of Adam, when they each offered an offering, and it was accepted from one of them and was not accepted from the other. The latter said, 'I will surely kill thee.' The former replied, 'God accepts only from the righteous;
'If thou stretch out thy hand against me to kill me, I shall not stretch out my hand against thee to kill thee. I do fear God, the Lord of the Universe;
But his evil self induced him to kill his brother, and so he killed him and became one of the losers.
Surely We took a covenant from the Children of Israel, and We sent Messengers to them. But every time there came to them a Messenger with what their hearts desired not, they treated some as liars, and some they sought to kill.
2006-12-08 08:02:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Any sacrifice, (even a modern sacrifice of one's time and resources) offered to God accompanied by the wrong attitude is unacceptable to God.
Cain had a bad attitude. He offered the best fruits he had, but he did not have the humble attitude that it takes to have a good relationship with God. It was a problem that God later spoke with him about. Able was very humble, faithful, and recognized the redeeming value of blood and the sacredness of it. He recognized that mankind had sinned and come to be into a situation of peril and doom unless man could be ransomed. His sacrifice manifested his understanding and humble approach and was just more acceptable to God than was Cain's offering.
2006-12-08 17:22:12 · answer #2 · answered by fasteddie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes he did give the best from his harvest, but that was not the complete sacrifice. The sacrifice that would have been perfect would of been the blood sacrifice, since that was the type until Christ came. So he basically denied Christ as the perfect sacrifice.
2006-12-08 16:34:36 · answer #3 · answered by norm s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the issue was not specifically the technicality of precisely what he gave, but that he compared it to abel's offering, and tried to show him up, when that wasnt supposed to be the point at all.
2006-12-08 16:00:23 · answer #4 · answered by RW 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No he did not, because it was not offered in faith and sincerity, but in a formal and hypocritical manner.
Names are usually transliterated, that is English letter equivalent to Hebrew letter.
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2006-12-08 15:58:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He didn't.
Kajin=Cain
2006-12-08 15:59:33 · answer #6 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
his offering wasn't pleasing and God told him to do right (well).
Translation from Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek.
2006-12-08 16:03:30 · answer #7 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How many languages is your name in and what do they sound like?
And why are you asking?
2006-12-08 15:59:41 · answer #8 · answered by Odindmar 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋