Cain and Abel

In Genesis 4 Adam and Eve had two sons: Cain and Abel. Cain worked with crops and Abel worked with animals. Cain brought God fruit as an offering and Abel brought God portions of fat from his first flock. God favored Abel’s offering and Cain was furious. Later Cain brought Abel into his field and killed him. When God asked Cain where Abel had gone Cain said he didn’t know and that he wasn’t his brother’s keeper. God knew that Cain had killed him so he put a curse on Cain that his fields would never yield crops again.

There is obvious sibling rivalry between Cain and Abel but it is extreme. I have a younger brother and we bicker constantly but we have never gone so far as to even thinking about killing each other; most of the time we just get on each other’s last nerve. I would like to say that it’s mostly Tanner doing things he knows annoys me just to get a reaction but I’m pretty sure I do it without realizing as well. However, while we can’t stand each other sometimes, we have gotten a lot closer these past couple years. Tanner is a bit more mature and we have more things in common. As a result we have a lot more civilized conversations and we can trust one another.