Brothers formed from perfectly created parents. Adam and Eve lay together and made these boys. God surely smiled when the babies were born. At what point did His smile fade? Was it the first time Abel pulled on Cain's hair in the his attempt to stand upright? Was it the first time Cain bared his teeth and with them scarred his brother's back? Was it the first night when Eve cried herself to sleep because these two boys she loved with all her heart found it hard to love each other?
How many times did God stay the hand of brother against brother, preserving their lives against the wrath, the jealousy, the fury?
When Cain finally killed Abel for real, it was the realization of all his violent dreams, all his darkest longings. Was it because God finally wearied of protecting brother from brother?
Wow. Period.
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