(א) וְהָ֣אָדָ֔ם יָדַ֖ע אֶת־חַוָּ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וַתַּ֙הַר֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶד אֶת־קַ֔יִן וַתֹּ֕אמֶר קָנִ֥יתִי אִ֖ישׁ אֶת־ה'׃
(ב) וַתֹּ֣סֶף לָלֶ֔דֶת אֶת־אָחִ֖יו אֶת־הָ֑בֶל וַֽיְהִי־הֶ֙בֶל֙ רֹ֣עֵה צֹ֔אן וְקַ֕יִן הָיָ֖ה עֹבֵ֥ד אֲדָמָֽה׃
(1) Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and ______________ Cain, saying, “I have ______________ a ________(______) with Hashem.”
(2) She continued to give _____________
to his __________, Hevel. Hevel became a _________, and Cain became a ________________of the soil.
(ג) את ה'. כְּמוֹ עִם ה', כְּשֶׁבָּרָא אוֹתִי וְאֶת אִישִׁי, הוּא לְבַדּוֹ בְּרָאָנוּ אֲבָל בָּזֶה שֻׁתָּפִים אָנוּ עִמּוֹ:
(3) ה‘ — ;את קניתי is like ‘עם ה “with the Lord”; she meant to say: when He created me and my husband He ______________________but in the case of this one we are ___________ with Him .
1. What concept is אשה expressing?
2. How is she feeling at this moment?
3. How do you think the name, קין, would impact a child?
(א) דִּבְרֵי֙ קֹהֶ֣לֶת בֶּן־דָּוִ֔ד מֶ֖לֶךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (ב) הֲבֵ֤ל הֲבָלִים֙ אָמַ֣ר קֹהֶ֔לֶת הֲבֵ֥ל הֲבָלִ֖ים הַכֹּ֥ל הָֽבֶל׃ (ג) מַה־יִּתְר֖וֹן לָֽאָדָ֑ם בְּכָל־עֲמָל֔וֹ שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
(1) The words of Koheleth son of David, king in Jerusalem. (2) Utter futility!—said Koheleth— Utter futility! All is futile! (3) What real value is there for a man In all the gains he makes beneath the sun?
5. Why would אשה choose this name for her second son?
(א) והאדם ידע. כְּבָר קֹדֶם הָעִנְיָן שֶׁל מַעְלָה, קֹדֶם שֶׁחָטָא וְנִטְרַד מִגַּן עֵדֶן, וְכֵן הַהֵרָיוֹן וְהַלֵּדָה, שֶׁאִם כָּתַב וַיֵּדַע אָדָם, נִשְׁמָע שֶׁלְּאַחַר שֶׁנִּטְרַד הָיוּ לוֹ בָנִים:
According to Rashi, when were Cain and Hevel born?
(א) והאדם. כאשר ראה שלא יחיה בגופו בעצמו לעולם הוצרך להחיות המין על כן אמרה
What is the Ibn Ezra's view?
4. Underline the two reactions of קין. How do we know that they are both significant?
(ג) וַֽיְהִ֖י מִקֵּ֣ץ יָמִ֑ים וַיָּבֵ֨א קַ֜יִן מִפְּרִ֧י הָֽאֲדָמָ֛ה מִנְחָ֖ה לַֽה'׃
(ד) וְהֶ֨בֶל הֵבִ֥יא גַם־ה֛וּא מִבְּכֹר֥וֹת צֹאנ֖וֹ וּמֵֽחֶלְבֵהֶ֑ן וַיִּ֣שַׁע ה' אֶל־הֶ֖בֶל וְאֶל־מִנְחָתֽוֹ׃
(ה) וְאֶל־קַ֥יִן וְאֶל־מִנְחָת֖וֹ לֹ֣א שָׁעָ֑ה וַיִּ֤חַר לְקַ֙יִן֙ מְאֹ֔ד וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ פָּנָֽיו׃ (ו) וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ה' אֶל־קָ֑יִן לָ֚מָּה חָ֣רָה לָ֔ךְ וְלָ֖מָּה נָפְל֥וּ פָנֶֽיךָ׃
(3) And it was, at the end of _________, Cain brought ________________________ a(n) ____________ to Hashem.
(4) Hevel, he too, brought from the __________ of his cattle and from their ________________; Hashem _______ to ___________ and his ____________
(5) but to Cain and his ____________ He did not ______. Cain was ___________________ and his ____________ (6) And the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you _________ And why did your _____________________?
(א) אל הבל ואל מנחתו שהיה הבל המקריב רצוי ומנחתו גם כן רצויה שהיתה מן המין הראוי לרצון:
(א) ואל קין ואל מנחתו לא שעה לא שעה אל קין המקריב שהיה בלתי רצוי וגם כן אל מנחתו שהיתה בלתי ראויה לרצון:
(1) To Hevel and to his offering. That Hevel, the ___________________ was ___________ (before ה') and his ___________ was also ____________ (before ___) because it was from the _________that was worthy of being __________ (before ___)
. (1) ואל קין ואל מנחתו לא שעה, He did not_____ to Kayin the _____________________, as it was _______________in the eyes of G’d; and also to his _______________that it was not _____________ of being _________________
5. What kind of a distinction is the Sforno making and why is it important?
6. What is strange about Cain's actions? __________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
7. What does this reveal about his motivation in bringing the offering, and about his personality in general?
8. How does the name קין encourage this ambivalence?
(ב) ויחר בקנאתו לאחיו שהיה לרצון:
(ג) ויפלו פניו בבשת פנים כי האל הובישו מסברו ולא קבל
(2) ויחר, due to his _____________ of his brother, that his was pleasing
(3) ויפלו פניו, his face _______ from__________________
because G-d ______________ him from his ________
and did not _________ _______
7. How does the Sforno explain Cain's two reactions?
8. What do these reactions reveal about Cain's personality and about his desire for a relationship with Hashem?