As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God, the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?

He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.

The story of Cain and Abel is vivid and perplexing so what can we make of it? it is true, but not enough, to say that it is the bible’s equivalent of other ancient mythologies which tell of sibling violence.