- AND ADAM knew Eve as his wife, and she became pregnant and bore Cain; and she said, I have gotten and gained a man with the help of the Lord.
- And [next] she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller[1] of the ground.
- And in the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering[2] of the fruit of the ground.
- And Abel brought of the firstborn of his flock[3] and of the fat portions. And the Lord had respect and regard for Abel and for his offering,
- But for Cain and his offering He had no respect or regard. So Cain was exceedingly angry and indignant[4], and he looked sad and depressed.
- And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? And why do you look sad and depressed and dejected?
- If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.
- And Cain said to his brother, Let us go out to the field. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
- And the Lord said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?
- And [the Lord] said, What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground.
- And now you are cursed by reason of the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s [shed] blood from your hand.
- When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive[5] and a vagabond[6] on the earth [in perpetual[7] exile[8], a degraded outcast].
from Holy Bible
- 第一句奇怪，伊娃说的得到的“男人”是谁？阿当还是凯恩？如果说是凯恩，上帝帮啥了？
- 阿伯是羊倌，但凯恩是耕夫。凯恩是耕夫为啥要有个BUT？对农业有歧视，因为中东地区不适合农业？
- The Lord 明显不喜欢凯恩，为什么? 是羊肉好吃，胜过果蔬、谷物？
- 阿当和伊娃被逐出伊甸园，但是他们的子孙还是向 The Lord 上贡。伊娃被诅咒生子必痛，伊娃也还看 The Lord 是帮之。人之贱，何以越此！
- 当日伊甸园中未见阿当、伊娃有供奉之事，反而有见而藏避之。然 The Lord 定其罪，未见言及此事，真不意乎？难以出口乎？
- 伊娃生二子阿伯时，何以不言得上帝之助？
- 生阿伯后，阿当与伊娃使命既成，虽未死，然亦不再正面叙之。后文叙凯恩妻时，有注曰为阿当嗣。可见阿当、伊娃尚存，且又生育。
- The Lord 使凯恩怒。但是凯恩只敢表现出悲伤和沮丧而不敢言。更不要说反抗 The Lord 了。凯恩不敢生上帝的气，却迁怒自己的弟弟，最后酿成悲剧。可怜可悲。
- 愤怒又不能或不敢发作，即会抑郁（depress），真乎、假乎？能以此疗抑郁？防治呢？
- The Lord 曰:“若尔非善，罪入汝户，此乃汝欲所求，汝当降服之。”这没问题，但是当一个人“已经做得很好了，但还不被接受”，怎么办？上帝不曾有答。
- 《左传•郑伯克段于焉》人多评郑伯姑息以害其弟。以此观 The Lord 不亦宜乎？子曰言“四恶”，其首即“不教而杀谓之虐。”The Lord 何曾爱凯恩？虐之却甚，故恶之极。以此观，The Lord 为一“转轮王”亦差胜。
- 接受不接受是别人的事。孔夫子曰：“君子耻不修，不耻见污；耻不信，不耻不见信；耻不能，不耻不见用。”所以“不耻不见信”，即因为“不见信”非我之所能求也。王安石说的最透彻：“尽吾志也而不能达，其孰能讥之乎？”
- 凯恩杀亚伯，可是农业社区对游牧社区之征服？我中华区刚好相反。黄帝伐炎帝。炎帝为神农氏，农业社区领袖也。轩辕黄帝，据说发明弓箭、马车，可见是游牧民族领袖也。
- 更确言，凯恩为犁夫。till 即以犁头划开土地也。然农事有犁，亦文明后事。神农尝百草，农业初期事也，当日刀耕火种而已。此用犁，即或说用为木犁，亦能见农业已发达矣。未知当日游牧者如何？驯化牛、马、驴、骆驼此等大兽乎？
- 工业革命，因机器兴，有所谓“圈地运动”。元初、清初亦有跑马圈地事，阿伯之灵亦何蠢，与其兄可谓难兄难弟。“驱而纳诸罟擭陷阱之中，而莫之知避也。”
- 第11，12则，The Lord 之言亦含混。因凯恩之手而地之口张，非言犁地之事乎？
- 此当日有“去牧为田”乎？凯恩以此而死阿伯乎？
- Lord 亦有地主意，Keeper 显然非兽群之主人，耕夫呢？游牧之初，人之劳作仅限于使兽不逃不散而已，其丰歉，人力能为者稀。农业当先有可为，率先摆脱靠天吃饭。以此而为上之不悦乎？
- 我不装了，用英文实在写不出自己想写的这许多。
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