A son of Adam and Eve who slew his younger brother Abel over jealousy a nd greed(Gen. 4: 1-16). Some of his descendants were skilled in the use of the harp and organ and in working with brass and iron (Gen. 4: 17-25) . Due to the incompleteness of the bib Cain The first son of Adam and Eve and a tiller of the soil; his brother Abe lwas a shepherd. Both made gifts of their produce to God. God accepted A bel's young lambs but rejected the first fruits of the field brought by Cain. In anger, Cain killed Abe