Cain

The world was beforethecreationand at anend beforeit had a beginning; and thus was I dead before I was alive. Though my grave be England, my dying place was Paradise, and Eve miscarried of me before she conceived of Cain.

—Browne, SirThomas

And Cain went out from the presence of the L, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

—Bible (Old Testament)

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the L.

—Bible (Old Testament)

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

—Cowley, Abraham

Had CainbeenScot,Godwould have changedhisdoom Nor forced him wander, but confined him home.

—Cleveland,John

In fine I am rather inclined to believe that this is the land God gave to Cain.

—Cartier,Jacques

And the L said unto him,Therefore whoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the L set a mark upon Cain lest any finding him should kill him.

—Bible (Old Testament)

The command 'Thou shalt not kill'must be binding on the conscience of humanity if the terrible tragedy and destiny of Cain is not to be repeated.

—PopeJohn Paul II originally Karol Jozef Wojtyla