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By contrasting their vocations—Cain as agricultural cultivator and Abel as shepherd—the text examines how differing practices shape moral and religious attitudes. 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The two brothers are placed in the history of salvation to reflect the difficulty of living together and, above all, of fraternal relations.  \nIn the text, Cain is the first man born. He is received by Eve as a gift from God. It is to divine grace and mercy that the first woman owes motherhood. It is the first experience of motherhood in the world, and that changes the female condition, making her, more than a husband's servant and companion, capable of being a mother to human beings. Eve is the one who lives and generates life, that's why her name will be “the one who lives” and also understood as “mother of the living”.  \nThis is a grace that grants women to be the bearers of what will later become the fundamental nucleus of the interlocution between God and humanity: the community of flesh and blood, the species, the plurality that makes human beings never able to be considered individuals isolated from one another, but rather brothers and sisters, inseparable companions in the adventure of life. This first germ of community takes place in woman's body and womb, within the first woman, Eve, the one who lives and generates life. And she begat Cain and Abel.  \n1And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlingsof his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell 6And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 8And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.9And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11And now art thou cursed from the earth,  \n2  \nwhich hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.13And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy faceshall I be hid; and Ishall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.15And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.16And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.  \nThe biblical text then presents the two brothers, Cain and Abel, with different occupations. Cain is linked to agricultural practice and Abel to pastoralism. This difference in activities will characterize a difference in attitudes, as in the development of their individual vocation, human beings develop their own perspectives based on their experience with the environment. In the case of the biblical account, Cain and Abel will also demonstrate different religious practices, which may indicate different perspectivesin the religious-moral scope, as a result of their own activities. 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