The Herdsman and the Farmer

Genesis 4-6
Cain and Able, the ultimate sibling rivalry.
Cain was crazy jealous of Ables offering over his.

We all have experienced this. We have all we need, but there is someone who has something better.
It's such a human reaction to covet thy neighbor.

Cain sulks and pouts about it and God sets him in his place.
^6-7 God spoke to Cain: "Why this tantrum? Why the sulking? If you do well, won't you be accepted? And if you don't do well, sin is lying in wait for you, ready to pounce; it's out to get you, you've got to master it."


Basically suck it up. God loves you no matter what.
But this wasn't enough. Cain let his jealousy get the best of him and God made him wander the earth.
My Mama always told me "green isn't a nice color on anyone" (meaning green with envy) and this surely was true for Cain.
However, God still took care of him. He promised to protect him as Cain left his home.


...And now the family tree of the human race.
"A lot of Begattin'" as my Mom also says.


However, one of my favorite people in the Bible is mentioned here; Enoch.
²⁴ Enoch walked steadily with God. And then one day he was simply gone: God took him.
Enoch simply lived the life of a God follower and God just shot him straight up to heaven.
So freakin' cool!
Oh and then the Giants come, yeah giants.
The sons of Angels and of human women. super weird.


Then we get to Noah.
- tangent about Noah - I love that his sons name is Ham. It makes me giggle everytime
I read it. HA!
Some people may think that flooding the earth is kinda harsh, but lets think about this;
when something is dirty, what do you do? You clean it.
Just like God does in our lives. We come to him gross nasty and dirty and he washes us white as snow.


Tomorrow Genesis 7-9