Literatura ng Ikalawang Templo sa Genesis 4:8: That the Worse is wont to Attack the Better & The Midrash

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר קַ֖יִן אֶל־הֶ֣בֶל אָחִ֑יו וַֽיְהִי֙ בִּהְיוֹתָ֣ם בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה וַיָּ֥קָם קַ֛יִן אֶל־הֶ֥בֶל אָחִ֖יו וַיַּהַרְגֵֽהוּ׃

At sinabi ni Cain kay Abel na kaniyang kapatid. At nangyari, nang sila ay nasa parang, na si Cain ay bumangon laban kay Abel na kaniyang kapatid, at pinatay siya.

That the Worse is wont to Attack the Better

[1] “And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us make our way to the plain. And it came to pass when they were on the plain that Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him” (Gen. 4:8). What Cain is aiming at is by means of a challenge to draw Abel into a dispute, and to gain the mastery over him by plausible sophistries that have the appearance of truth. For, drawing our conclusions about things that are obscure from things that are manifest, we say that the plain, the rendezvous to which he summons him, is a figure of contest and desperate battle.
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The Midrash of Philo

What is the meaning of the expression: "You have done wrongly; now rest?" (Genesis 4:8).
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The Midrash of Philo

Why he seems to be giving what is good into the hand of a wicked man, when he says, "And unto thee shall be his desire?" (Genesis 4:8).
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That the Worse is wont to Attack the Better

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