Cain & Abel
Genesis 4:1-26 The Story of Cain and Abel
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Introduction
Introduction
Who are Cain & Abel? Has anyone ever heard of Cain and Abel? They are the first two sons of Adam and Eve! The Lord told Adam and Eve to have children so that the Earth may contain more people. What did we learn about last week? Adam and Eve chose to sin and therefore caused them to be banished from the Garden of Eden. The Lord told them that life would be harder now. How do you think their lives were harder after that? What do you think that means for their children? Do you think their children will also have a harder life? Let's learn about the story of their two sons.
Personal thoughts: I think the kids could get two amazing concepts out of this lesson! 1) Always give God our best and have faith in Him the way that Abel did, and 2) Beware of jealousy!!!
Bible Passage:
Bible Passage:
4 Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.[b] She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth[c] a man.” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.
Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”
8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”[d] While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”
“I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
10 The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. 11 Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”
13 Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear. 14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
15 But the Lord said to him, “Not so[e]; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. 16 So Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod,[f] east of Eden.
17 Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch. 18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
19 Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. 20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock. 21 His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes. 22 Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of[g] bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah.
23 Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech, hear my words. I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me. If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.”25 Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth,[h] saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.” 26 Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.
At that time people began to call on[i] the name of the Lord.
Activities
Activities
Activity 1 "Relay Game"
Activity 1 "Relay Game"
Time: 10-15 minutes
Materials needed from the cart:
cups
sticks
Labels (one for Cain and one for Abel)
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Directions:
In class divide your children up into two teams and place the bowl with the craft sticks in the middle of the two teams just before the start line.
Place cups and the pictures of Cain and Abel at the opposite end of the room across from each team. Place a cup in front of each picture. Children take turns picking up a craft stick, reading it, and then running to the other side of the room, and dropping the craft stick in the appropriate cup. When the bowl is empty the game is over. The team that has the most correct craft sticks in the cups wins.
Younger Children
Place all the craft sticks in a bowl. Let your children take turns picking a craft stick. Read the words craft stick and let the child decide in which cup he or she should place the stick. When all the craft sticks are in the cups, take one out at a time, read it, and ask your children if it is in the correct cup.
Activity 2 "Paper Bag People"
Activity 2 "Paper Bag People"
Time: 15-20 minutes
Materials needed from the cart:
Paper Lunch Bags
Paint Sticks or Other Support such as Cardboard
Colored Pencils or Crayons
Tan Cardstock or Tagboard
Low Temp Mini Glue Gun
Ribbon other Material
Scissors
Plastic Grocery Bags (Recycle)
Heavy Duty Paper Bowls
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Directions: Here is the link to the website with some pictures as guidance
Place a rock or something heavy at the bottom of a brown lunch bag. Place a paint stick or other support such as card board inside the bag so it is sticking out the top.
Stuff the bag with plastic grocery bags. Gather the top of the bag around the paint stick or support and glue it to the paint stick or support.
Cut the edges off around the two paper bowls, leaving just enough edge to glue the two paper bowls together. Glue a bowl to one side of the bag and support and then glue another paper bowl to the other bowl top to top. Paint the bowl flesh color.
Draw a face on the bowl or use the printable patterns and glue one to the bowl.
Cut the front out of a colored gift bag to make the head covering as shown in the picture. Place the bag on the paper bowl head and glue it down. Tie a ribbon or material around the head covering.
To make the cloak cut another brown down the side to the bottom of the bag and then cut off the bottom so that you have flat piece of paper. Color the bag and then wrap it around the Bible character's body as shown in the picture. Fold down the corners to make the collar and glue it to the body.
Draw arms and feet on cards stock (Printable patterns are available to members), color them, cut them out, and glue them to the body as shown in the picture.
To finish draw a sheep, a carrot of other vegetables, color them and cut them out and glue them to the arms.
Game 3 "Four Corners"
Game 3 "Four Corners"
Time: 10-15 minutes
Materials needed from the cart:
signs 1-7
Review video
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Directions:
Tape the numbers 1-7 around the room on the wall.
Ask the students to go to the number they think the answer is from the questions below. (Feel free to make up your own questions!)
Questions:
What day did God make the sun? (Day 4)
What day did God make land? (Day 3)
What day did God make the sky? (Day 2)
What day did God make animals? (Day 6)
What day did God rest? (Day 7)
What day did God make the dark/light? (Day 1)
What day did God make the stars? (Day 4)
What day did God make man? (Day 6)
What day did God make the plants? (Day 3)
What day did God make the moon? (Day 4)
What day did God make the water separate from the sky? (Day 2)
What day did God make the fish? (Day 5)
What day did God make trees? (Day 3)
What day did God make the birds? (Day 5)
***Repeat as many times as you want!
Activity 4 "Abel's Sheep"
Activity 4 "Abel's Sheep"
Time: 10-15 minutes
Materials needed from the cart:
White Paint
Construction Paper
Googley Eyes
Glue
Crayon/markers
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Directions:
Kids use white acrylic fingerprint to make body of a sheep. You can have baby wipes handy to clean off their finger. Allow to dry (it shouldn’t take more than a 5-10 minutes)
Attach black construction paper face and feet. Add googly eyes for face.
Activity 5 "Cain's Veggies"
Activity 5 "Cain's Veggies"
Time: 10-15 minutes
Materials needed from the cart:
Green, and orange construction paper
Orange tissue paper
Glue
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Directions:
Cut out a carrot shape in the orange construction paper
Cut out 3 or 4 rectangular shapes in the green construction paper
Attach the green pieces (stems) to the top of the orange carrot outline.
Use the orange tissue paper to glue on top of the carrot outline.
Wrap It Up!
Wrap It Up!
**Snacks can be given at this time, if needed**
**Snacks can be given at this time, if needed**
-Come together and sit in a circle to talk about what they learned today. Ask them the same questions that you asked at the beginning of the day. How are their answers different now that they know more about Cain & Abel? Talk about what they can go home and tell their family about Cain & Abel.
-Come together and sit in a circle to talk about what they learned today. Ask them the same questions that you asked at the beginning of the day. How are their answers different now that they know more about Cain & Abel? Talk about what they can go home and tell their family about Cain & Abel.
-Ask if anyone has a prayer request/praise report. Pray over requests.
-Worship time- Have the kids go find a spot to themselves and have some time with God (play the song below for around 3/5 minutes).
Worship
Worship
Last Minute Filler Ideas
Last Minute Filler Ideas
-Have them gather around the table and draw a picture or write a letter to their families about what they learned today.
-Play a game of some sort. (If you have the hula hoops, have them join hands in a circle and pass the hula hoop around the circle without breaking their hands)
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