Abel Quote by Elie Wiesel

What always strikes me in the story of Cain and Abel is how often the word "brother" is used. Cain killed his "brother." God…

— Allan Boesak

Am I my brothers keeper? -Genesis iv. 9

— Bible

“WE THINK OF CAIN AS THE ONE WHO KILLED HIS BROTHER, but who else was around to kill? They were the first two born.…

— David Vann

There is a growing threat to the environment, to the vegetation, animals, water and air. Sacred Scripture hands us the image of Cain who…

— Pope John Paul II

“Was his brother’s name Cain?’ asked Tom. Hatty pretended not to have heard him. This was particularly irritating to Tom, as it was what…

— Philippa Pearce

"Am I my brother's keeper?" There you have the whole Biblical understanding that you are your brother's keeper. You also have a whole other…

— Elie Wiesel

“We are in our own dark Eden where the snake is not selling the Tree of Knowledge. He is selling love, and if you…

— Shane Kuhn

“12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his Brother (presents the prototype of evil). And wherefore slew he him? (Cain…

— Jimmy Swaggart

“perfect—Cain rose up and slew his brother Abel. For Abel’s sacrifice, an innocent lamb, had found favor with Jehovah. This, Noah said, showed that…

— Vaughn Heppner

Some brothers are like Cain and Abel. Other brothers can fight with each other and get along.

— Anthony Scaramucci

“I think it is notable in this connection that it is not Adam but the Lord who rebukes Cain.”

— Marilynne Robinson

"The way of Cain" refers to any individual who attempts to approach God on his or her own terms rather than on God's terms.

— Robert Jeffress