Book of Jasher puts another interesting perspective on this (ch. 1). Says Cain offered inferior fruits. Also goes through a conversation between Cain and Able. Interesting to get different perspectives. Nibley's writings on this are also very interesting https://www.lds.org/ensign/1976/12/a-strange-thing-in-the-land-the-return-of-the-book-of-enoch-part-8?lang=eng
GaleJanuary 21, 2014
There may have been many of Adam's children who were "keepers of sheep" like Abel, but they may have been far-flung, where Cain and Abel seemed to be in fairly constant contact. How much more it would have inflamed Cain to have been required to trade part of his harvest to Abel to acquire a lamb for sacrifice. He would have had to humble himself before his brother, whom he envied and hated.
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brentJanuary 29, 2014
Book of Jasher puts another interesting perspective on this (ch. 1). Says Cain offered inferior fruits. Also goes through a conversation between Cain and Able. Interesting to get different perspectives. Nibley's writings on this are also very interesting https://www.lds.org/ensign/1976/12/a-strange-thing-in-the-land-the-return-of-the-book-of-enoch-part-8?lang=eng
GaleJanuary 21, 2014
There may have been many of Adam's children who were "keepers of sheep" like Abel, but they may have been far-flung, where Cain and Abel seemed to be in fairly constant contact. How much more it would have inflamed Cain to have been required to trade part of his harvest to Abel to acquire a lamb for sacrifice. He would have had to humble himself before his brother, whom he envied and hated.
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