The older one was named Cain and the younger one was named Abel. Read the summary of Genesis 4:1-18 (based on the NIV here) below, asking the including questions as you read.Īfter God sent Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden, Eve gave birth to two boys. In our story today, an older brother is jealous of a younger brother. Those are all examples of wanting what someone else has. Or you saw a girl who you thought was really pretty and you wished you were that pretty. Maybe you saw someone with a really nice house and you wished it was your house.

Maybe someone got a good grade on their test in school and you were mad at them because you didn’t get a good grade. Have you ever wanted a toy or a cool-looking shirt or something that someone else had? Or maybe your brother or sister got a treat or something that you didn’t and you wished that thing was yours. You probably all wanted that twenty-dollar bill, right?īut we can be jealous for lots of things. Who knows what the word “jealousy” means? (It means wanting something that someone else has.) Then ask the student to return your money and ask the class, How did it make you feel when I gave one student that money, but didn’t give you any? Watch everyone react for a moment and refuse to give anyone else any money. Pull out a $20 bill and hand it to one of your students. Needed: A twenty-dollar bill (or something comparable) Intro Activity The object lesson and story game at the end will help students connect the message to their lives. My lesson on the “fall out” from the Fall with a story about Adam and Eve’s very different sons, Cain and Abel.

Cain and abel bible story summary