Cain and Abel are born to Eve after she and Adam have sinned and been expelled from the Garden of Eden. In Genesis 3, God says to Adam, “Cursed is the ground due to you, and in sorrow shall you ...

The Cain and Abel account is depicted on the Ghent Altarpiece designed by Hubert and Jan van Eyck in the 1420s. It is found in St. Bavo’s Cathedral in that Belgian city.

Esau, like Cain, is angry when his “natural” right to power is undermined; Rebekah ships Jacob off to Haran to escape his threat of violence (Gen. 27:41). And Joseph’s brothers indeed resort to ...