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You know, one of the strangest things in the English language is that they call what Abel was doing “animal husbandry.” I mean, it sounds like you have an animal for a husband. Cain is good at farming and Abel is good with livestock, meaning farm animals. Speaking of being talented-Cain and Abel, by the time their story in the Bible begins, have very important talents. But you don’t have to figure it out for yourself. Your job is to learn to trust Him and allow Him to show you what He has in store for you as you grow older. He made you for a purpose-a purpose that you probably have no clue about yet but he does. Even if you sometimes think no one else loves you, He does. What did Jesus say? “Do not stop them from coming to me, my Kingdom belongs to the people who are most like them!” God loves children. And we see how ancient people treated children when the disciples tried to shoo them away when their parents brought them to Jesus to be blessed. We also see Jesus in the Temple dazzling the elders with His wisdom when he is twelve years old. We do see a few exceptions-like the prophet Samuel.
#CAIN AND ABEL KIDS FULL#
God holds adults to a different standard than kids, obviously, and so we are going to learn a lot more about God’s kindness and mercy in how He deals with people who are full grown and should know better. A theological history book that teaches us about God and how He deals with us and so it isn’t going to show Him dealing with children in the ancient world. When you compare that to our modern world, it probably seems strange but remember that the Bible is a history book. Sometimes kids will show up as side characters but they don’t ever have anything to say. Joseph was seventeen when he was sold into slavery. In fact, have you ever noticed that there are almost no kids in Bible stories until they are already older? Now, I know you look at picture books and they show Isaac as a child, and David as a young teenager but Isaac was probably in his thirties when Abraham was told to sacrifice him on Mt Moriah and David was wrestling bears with his bare hands (get it? Bare hands against a bear? Nevermind.) so he was full grown as well. So, today we’re finally starting Genesis chapter four with a teaching called, “the first kids” which is ironic because by the time we hear about Cain and Abel, they are already adults. (Parents, all scripture is from the ESV unless I say otherwise) If this is your first time hearing or if you have missed anything, you can find all the episodes archived at, which has them downloadable, or at, where I have transcripts for readers or on my Context for Kids YouTube channel. Hi! I’m Miss Tyler and welcome to another episode of Context for Kids where I teach you guys stuff most adults don’t even know. If you can’t see the podcast player, click here. How does Cain know his offering isn’t accepted? We don’t know! Where the heck are Adam and Eve while all this is happening? We don’t know that either! What we do learn is that God is very, very concerned about us when we have gone in the wrong direction. Abel’s offering is accepted and Cain’s isn’t? Why not? We don’t know. Cain and Abel both make offerings to God. “I shall be a fugitive,” Cain went on, “a wanderer, and anyone who finds me will kill me.This is one of those frustrating Bible stories where we aren’t told nearly as much as we want to know. Cain thought that God could only be found in his old home. You are driving me away from the land and from Your presence”. He said to God, “This punishment is much too great for me to bear.
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From now on you will remain a homeless wanderer.’Ĭain was horrified. If you try to grow crops, the land will not produce anything.
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No longer may you farm the earth which has soaked up your brother’s blood. “Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground like a voice calling for revenge. Am I supposed to look after my brother all the time?” He knew perfectly well that the answer to that was “Yes, but he tried to hide his wicked deed. Perhaps he thought that, as they were far away from everyone, no one would ever find out what he had done but God knew, and He asked Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”Ĭain was scared.