Am I my brother’s keeper?
October 12, 2007 — jlemkeI was looking through the book of Genesis and reading Victor Hamilton’s commentary on it. I came to the point where Cain murders Abel, and Yahweh asks him, “Where is your brother?” Cain’s answer has become a modern cultural retort: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Most of the time, when people say this (including me) the implied answer is “no.” But is that the correct answer?
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