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76:2.1 Less than two years after [[Cain]]'s [[birth]], [[Abel]] was born, the first child of [[Adam and Eve]] to be born in the ''second garden''. When Abel grew up to the age of twelve years, he elected to be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herder herder]; [[Cain]] had chosen to follow [[agriculture]].
76:2.2 Now, in those days it was [[custom]]ary to make [[Sacrifice|offerings]] to the [[priesthood]] of the [[things]] at hand. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herder Herders] would bring of their flocks, farmers of the [[Harvest|fruits]] of the fields; and in [[accordance]] with this [[custom]], Cain and Abel likewise made periodic offerings to the [[priests]]. The two boys had many times [[argued]] about the [[relative]] merits of their [[vocations]], and Abel was not slow to note that [[preference]] was shown for his [[animal]] [[sacrifices]]. In vain did [[Cain]] appeal to the [[traditions]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first Eden], to the former preference for the [[Harvest|fruits]] of the fields. But this Abel would not allow, and he taunted his older [[brother]] in his discomfiture.
76:2.3 In the days of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first Eden] [[Adam]] had indeed sought to discourage the offering of [[animal]] [[sacrifice]] so that [[Cain]] had a justifiable precedent for his contentions. It was, however, [[difficult]] to [[organize]] the [[religious]] life of the ''second Eden''. [[Adam]] was burdened with a thousand and one details associated with the [[work]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction building], [[defense]], and [[agriculture]]. Being much [[depressed]] [[spiritually]], he intrusted the [[organization]] of [[worship]] and [[education]] to those of [[Nodite]] extraction who had served in these [[capacities]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden]; and in even so short a time the officiating [[Nodite]] [[priests]] were reverting to the [[standards]] and rulings of pre-Adamic times.
76:2.4 The two boys never got along well, and this matter of [[sacrifices]] further contributed to the growing [[hatred]] between them. Abel knew he was the son of both [[Adam and Eve]] and never failed to impress upon Cain that [[Adam]] was not his [[father]]. Cain was not pure [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet] as his [[father]] was of the [[Nodite]] race later admixed with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 blue and the red man] and with the [[aboriginal]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonic stock]. And all of this, with [[Cain]]'s [[natural]] [[bellicose]] [[inheritance]], caused him to nourish an ever-increasing [[hatred]] for his younger [[brother]].
76:2.5 The boys were respectively eighteen and twenty years of age when the [[tension]] between them was finally resolved, one day, when [[Abel]]'s taunts so [[infuriated]] his [[bellicose]] brother that [[Cain]] turned upon him in wrath and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder slew] him.
76:2.6 The [[observation]] of [[Abel]]'s [[conduct]] [[establishes]] the [[value]] of [[environment]] and [[education]] as [[factors]] in [[character]] [[development]]. Abel had an [[ideal]] [[inheritance]], and [[heredity]] lies at the bottom of all [[character]]; but the [[influence]] of an inferior [[environment]] virtually neutralized this [[magnificent]] inheritance. Abel, especially during his younger years, was greatly [[influenced]] by his unfavorable surroundings. He would have become an entirely [[different]] [[person]] had he lived to be twenty-five or thirty; his superb [[inheritance]] would then have shown itself. While a [[good]] [[environment]] cannot [[contribute]] much toward really overcoming the [[character]] [[handicaps]] of a base [[heredity]], a bad [[environment]] can very [[effectively]] spoil an [[excellent]] [[inheritance]], at least during the younger years of life. [[Good]] [[social]] [[environment]] and proper [[education]] are indispensable [[soil]] and [[atmosphere]] for getting the most out of a [[good]] [[inheritance]].
76:2.7 The [[death]] of [[Abel]] became known to his [[parents]] when his dogs brought the flocks home without their master. To [[Adam and Eve]], Cain was fast becoming the grim [[reminder]] of their [[folly]], and they [[encouraged]] him in his [[decision]] to leave [[the garden]].
76:2.8 [[Cain]]'s life in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction Mesopotamia] had not been exactly [[happy]] since he was in such a peculiar way [[symbolic]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 the default]. It was not that his [[associates]] were unkind to him, but he had not been unaware of their [[subconscious]] resentment of his [[presence]]. But Cain knew that, since he bore no [[tribal]] mark, he would be killed by the first [[neighboring]] tribesmen who might [[chance]] to meet him. [[Fear]], and some remorse, led him to [[repent]]. Cain had never been indwelt by an [[Adjuster]], had always been defiant of the [[family]] [[discipline]] and disdainful of his [[father]]'s [[religion]]. But he now went to [[Eve]], his [[mother]], and asked for [[spiritual]] help and [[guidance]], and when he honestly sought [[divine]] [[assistance]], an [[Adjuster]] indwelt him. And this [[Adjuster]], dwelling within and looking out, gave [[Cain]] a distinct advantage of superiority which classed him with the greatly feared [[tribe]] of [[Adam]].
76:2.9 And so [[Cain]] departed for the land of [[Nod]], east of the ''second Eden''. He became a great [[leader]] among one [[group]] of his [[father]]'s people and did, to a certain [[degree]], fulfill the predictions of ''Serapatatia'', for he did promote [[peace]] between this division of the [[Nodites]] and the Adamites throughout his lifetime. Cain married Remona, his distant cousin, and their first son, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch Enoch], became the head of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elamites Elamite] Nodites. And for hundreds of years the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elamites Elamites] and the Adamites continued to be at [[peace]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 Go to Paper 76]</center>
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[[Category:Paper 76 - The Second Garden]]
76:2.1 Less than two years after [[Cain]]'s [[birth]], [[Abel]] was born, the first child of [[Adam and Eve]] to be born in the ''second garden''. When Abel grew up to the age of twelve years, he elected to be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herder herder]; [[Cain]] had chosen to follow [[agriculture]].
76:2.2 Now, in those days it was [[custom]]ary to make [[Sacrifice|offerings]] to the [[priesthood]] of the [[things]] at hand. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herder Herders] would bring of their flocks, farmers of the [[Harvest|fruits]] of the fields; and in [[accordance]] with this [[custom]], Cain and Abel likewise made periodic offerings to the [[priests]]. The two boys had many times [[argued]] about the [[relative]] merits of their [[vocations]], and Abel was not slow to note that [[preference]] was shown for his [[animal]] [[sacrifices]]. In vain did [[Cain]] appeal to the [[traditions]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first Eden], to the former preference for the [[Harvest|fruits]] of the fields. But this Abel would not allow, and he taunted his older [[brother]] in his discomfiture.
76:2.3 In the days of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first Eden] [[Adam]] had indeed sought to discourage the offering of [[animal]] [[sacrifice]] so that [[Cain]] had a justifiable precedent for his contentions. It was, however, [[difficult]] to [[organize]] the [[religious]] life of the ''second Eden''. [[Adam]] was burdened with a thousand and one details associated with the [[work]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction building], [[defense]], and [[agriculture]]. Being much [[depressed]] [[spiritually]], he intrusted the [[organization]] of [[worship]] and [[education]] to those of [[Nodite]] extraction who had served in these [[capacities]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first garden]; and in even so short a time the officiating [[Nodite]] [[priests]] were reverting to the [[standards]] and rulings of pre-Adamic times.
76:2.4 The two boys never got along well, and this matter of [[sacrifices]] further contributed to the growing [[hatred]] between them. Abel knew he was the son of both [[Adam and Eve]] and never failed to impress upon Cain that [[Adam]] was not his [[father]]. Cain was not pure [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet] as his [[father]] was of the [[Nodite]] race later admixed with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 blue and the red man] and with the [[aboriginal]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonic stock]. And all of this, with [[Cain]]'s [[natural]] [[bellicose]] [[inheritance]], caused him to nourish an ever-increasing [[hatred]] for his younger [[brother]].
76:2.5 The boys were respectively eighteen and twenty years of age when the [[tension]] between them was finally resolved, one day, when [[Abel]]'s taunts so [[infuriated]] his [[bellicose]] brother that [[Cain]] turned upon him in wrath and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder slew] him.
76:2.6 The [[observation]] of [[Abel]]'s [[conduct]] [[establishes]] the [[value]] of [[environment]] and [[education]] as [[factors]] in [[character]] [[development]]. Abel had an [[ideal]] [[inheritance]], and [[heredity]] lies at the bottom of all [[character]]; but the [[influence]] of an inferior [[environment]] virtually neutralized this [[magnificent]] inheritance. Abel, especially during his younger years, was greatly [[influenced]] by his unfavorable surroundings. He would have become an entirely [[different]] [[person]] had he lived to be twenty-five or thirty; his superb [[inheritance]] would then have shown itself. While a [[good]] [[environment]] cannot [[contribute]] much toward really overcoming the [[character]] [[handicaps]] of a base [[heredity]], a bad [[environment]] can very [[effectively]] spoil an [[excellent]] [[inheritance]], at least during the younger years of life. [[Good]] [[social]] [[environment]] and proper [[education]] are indispensable [[soil]] and [[atmosphere]] for getting the most out of a [[good]] [[inheritance]].
76:2.7 The [[death]] of [[Abel]] became known to his [[parents]] when his dogs brought the flocks home without their master. To [[Adam and Eve]], Cain was fast becoming the grim [[reminder]] of their [[folly]], and they [[encouraged]] him in his [[decision]] to leave [[the garden]].
76:2.8 [[Cain]]'s life in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction Mesopotamia] had not been exactly [[happy]] since he was in such a peculiar way [[symbolic]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 the default]. It was not that his [[associates]] were unkind to him, but he had not been unaware of their [[subconscious]] resentment of his [[presence]]. But Cain knew that, since he bore no [[tribal]] mark, he would be killed by the first [[neighboring]] tribesmen who might [[chance]] to meet him. [[Fear]], and some remorse, led him to [[repent]]. Cain had never been indwelt by an [[Adjuster]], had always been defiant of the [[family]] [[discipline]] and disdainful of his [[father]]'s [[religion]]. But he now went to [[Eve]], his [[mother]], and asked for [[spiritual]] help and [[guidance]], and when he honestly sought [[divine]] [[assistance]], an [[Adjuster]] indwelt him. And this [[Adjuster]], dwelling within and looking out, gave [[Cain]] a distinct advantage of superiority which classed him with the greatly feared [[tribe]] of [[Adam]].
76:2.9 And so [[Cain]] departed for the land of [[Nod]], east of the ''second Eden''. He became a great [[leader]] among one [[group]] of his [[father]]'s people and did, to a certain [[degree]], fulfill the predictions of ''Serapatatia'', for he did promote [[peace]] between this division of the [[Nodites]] and the Adamites throughout his lifetime. Cain married Remona, his distant cousin, and their first son, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch Enoch], became the head of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elamites Elamite] Nodites. And for hundreds of years the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elamites Elamites] and the Adamites continued to be at [[peace]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 Go to Paper 76]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 76 - The Second Garden]]
