In the Beginning: The Bible Stories — Season 1, Episode 2: Cain and Abel
Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama • 25 min • 1 season, 26 episodes • ★ 3.8/10
Episode synopsis
Adam and Eve are expelled from Eden, and are given work and painful labor as punishment. Adam is forced to get food by the sweat of his brow, while Eve has to suffer tremendous pain in labor. Their children are named Cain and Abel. The elder brother Cain becomes jealous of his brother Abel because he is God's favorite. He attacks Abel and finally kills him. Thus Cain becomes a cursed man.
About In the Beginning: The Bible Stories
In the Beginning features episodes devoted to most of the major Bible stories of the Old Testament, including the stories of the Creation, Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark, Abraham and Isaac, Joseph, Moses, David, and Solomon, with the final episode featuring the birth of Jesus Christ. As with the second Superbook series, some stories were stretched out over several episodes. Unlike Superbook and The Flying House, however, no contemporary characters from modern times were inserted into the stories, save for the series mascot and viewpoint character, Roco the fox.