Cain is thought to be cognate to the mid- 1st millennium BC South Arabian word qyn, meaning " metalsmith". Abel is thought to derive from a reconstructed word meaning "herdsman", with the modern Arabic cognate ibil now specifically referring only to "camels". It has been proposed that the etymology of their names may be a direct pun on the roles they take in the Genesis narrative. The original text did not provide vowels. When thou farm the ground, it shall not yield good crops to you! Thou shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth! (Genesis 4:10-4:12) Origins Ĭain and Abel are traditional English renderings of the Hebrew names Qayin ( קין) and Hevel ( הבל). After this, God said to Cain, "What hast you done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth out to Me from the ground! So now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
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