据说今天(2010年4月2日)是基督受难日,也就是复活节的前一个星期五,据说该隐杀亚伯也是在星期五,那天是13号。正好读到那节,Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain.And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. 亚当与夏娃同房的英文居然是:Adam knew Eve his wife.有点不懂,亚伯是牧羊人,而其兄长该隐是农夫。有一日,他们向耶和华献祭,该隐献了自己地里产的作物,而亚伯将羊群中头生的及羊的脂油献于耶和华,上帝只看中亚伯的供物而没看中该隐的,所以该隐就生气。然后,The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? if you do well, will you not be accepted? and if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”(你为什么发怒呢?你为什么变了脸色呢?你若行的好,岂不蒙愉纳?你若行的不好,罪就伏在门前。它必恋慕你,你却要制服它。) 搞不懂上帝也有喜好,这也许就象征命运吧,你也许比别人更努力,但并不一定比别人更幸运,所以对这要心里平衡。两兄弟在田间说话,然后该隐就打他兄弟亚伯,并把他杀了。我想这是一人第一桩命案,而且是兄弟阋于墙。人类撒谎源于恐惧,但上帝并没致该隐死罪,而且还保护该隐免于别人杀害。