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Cain , in the Bible, eldest son of Adam and Eve, a tiller of the soil. In jealousy he killed his brother Abel and became a fugitive.

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Cain. Eldest son of Adam and Eve and brother of Abel: see Genesis 4. 1–16.

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Cain / kān/ • n. (in the Bible) the eldest son of Adam and Eve and murderer of his brother Abel. PHRASES: raise Cain inf. create trouble or a commotion.

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