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Kebra Negast — Glory of the Kings — 4. Concerning Envy

Work ID: 6a9dd00903118fd94305d991 · Chapter ID: 6a9dd00ad6d8354bd6ff0acd · Canonical title: Kebra Negast — Glory of the Kings

Section 4

And when they had grown up together, Satan had envy of him, and he cast this envy into the heart of Qayin, who was envious [of Hevel] first, because of the words of his father Adam, who said, “ He who has the good-tempered face shall be the heir of my kingdom ”; and secondly, because of his sister with the beautiful face, who was born with him and who had been given to Hevel, even as Elohim commanded them to multiply and fill the earth - now the face of the sister who had been born with Hevel resembled that of Qayin, and their father had transferred them ( that is, the two sisters) when giving them [in marriage]; - and thirdly, because when- the two [brothers] offered up sacrifice, Elohim accepted the offering of Hevel and rejected the offering of Qayin. And because of this envy Qayin killed Hevel. Thus fratricide was first created through Satan’s envy of the children of Adam. And having killed his brother, Qayin fell into a state of trembling and horrible fright, and he was repulsed by his father and his Yahuah. And [then] Shet was born, and Adam looked upon him and said, “ Now has Elohim shown compassion upon me, and He has given to me the light of my face. In sorrowful remembrance I will console myself (?) with him. The name of him that shall slay my heir shall be blotted out, even to his ninth generation.”

Passage ID 6a9dd011517927939f041526 · English · translation

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