Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 4:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 4:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 4:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, Abel took care of sheep, and Cain grew plants in the ground. This verse tells us about their different jobs and helps set the scene for their story.

Genesis 4:2: And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. [Abel: Heb. Hebel] [a keeper: Heb. a feeder]

Contradiction with Genesis 4:1

Genesis 4:2 states that Abel was a keeper of sheep, but the preceding verse, Genesis 4:1, mentions Cain as the firstborn without saying that Abel was born later, implying that Cain's occupation, a tiller of the ground, may have been more significant.

Genesis 4:1: And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. [Cain: that is, Gotten, or, Acquired]

Contradiction with Genesis 9:3

Genesis 4:2 shows Abel as a keeper of sheep and indicates early domestication, while Genesis 9:3 suggests that livestock management for food was established post-flood.

Genesis 9:3: Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

Paradox #1

The historical inconsistency in this context might be related to the account of Cain and Abel's professions, as it presents an agricultural society with farming and herding at a time when, according to some interpretations of archaeological evidence, human societies were primarily hunter-gatherers. This could create a perceived conflict with historical timelines regarding the development of agriculture and animal domestication.

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