Abstract
Today Cain and Abel are considered the personifi cation of evilitself and the saintlike innocent victim, respectively. The third characterof the narrative, Yahweh, seems to be forgotten in the interpretation ofthe story. He is the one who, by rejecting Cain’s offering, infl ames theanger in him, leading to the fratricide. The story of Cain and Abel aspresented in the masoretic version of Genesis 4:1-16 is an ambiguousand versatile story, where Yahweh is presented as a somewhat unjust andpassionate God. Cain is portrayed as a facetted human being containingboth good and evil. Abel’s character, on the other hand, is barelydescribed. In spite of the fact that the original masoretic version of thenarrative does not support the interpretation mentioned above, this interpretation is predominant in contemporary consciousness.
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