Then
after that, they stood up and prayed that God would accept
Abel's offering.
5 Then God looked at Abel and accepted his offering.
And God was more pleased with Abel than with his offering,
because of his good heart and pure body. There was no
trace of guile in him.
6 Then they came down from the altar, and went to the
cave in which they lived. But Abel, by reason of his joy
at having made his offering, repeated it three times a
week, after the example of his father Adam.
7 But as to Cain, he did not want to make an offering,
but after his father became very angry, he offered up a
gift once. He took the smallest of his sheep for an
offering and when he offered it up, his eyes were on the
lamb.
8 Therefore God did not accept his offering, because
his heart was full of murderous thoughts.
9 And they all thus lived together in the cave in
which Eve had brought forth, until Cain was fifteen years
old, and Abel twelve years old.
Chapter LXXVIII - Jealousy overcomes Cain.
He makes trouble in the family.
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