Jealousy is a trait that many individuals may have over their siblings. Jealousy is a silent killer, that will bring you down into the darkness. This darkness is a representation of evil. Jealousy leads to hatred. Jealousy brings out hate, which allows individuals to either commit murder, fight, lie, or even steal. One can find jealousy and hate intertwine with one another in the Holy Bible. Cain, the brother of Abel, and Joseph’s brothers, all had jealousy and hate built in their heart against their own flesh and blood brother. This was jealousy of worship.
The first book in the Holy Bible, Genesis, speaks about ways one must please God. If he or she wants to show their love unto God, they must offer up a sacrificial offering. Cain was known …show more content…
However, the difference between Cain and Joseph’s brothers is that, Joseph’s brothers chose not to go about killing him. Instead, Joseph went out looking for his brothers and he “came to his brothers, they stripped him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water” (The Holy Bible 30). They chose to get rid of Joseph completely, “come let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not lay our hands on him, for he is our own flesh. And his brothers agreed. When some Midianite traders passed by, they drew Joseph up, lifting him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver” (The Holy Bible 30). The brothers covered up their act by faking his death of telling their father he was attacked by a wild animal. Joseph’s brothers hated the idea of having to ever worship their brother, and how he was favored more to their father, so they chose to get rid of him.
A key point related between the brothers, Cain and Abel and Joseph and his brothers, was the jealousy of worship. Cain and Joseph’s brother share the common idea of being jealous of worship. They both hated the idea of their brother’s worship, and refused to allow it stand in their way. Cain chose to commit sin of murdering his brother, Abel, and Joseph’s brother chose, instead of killing, to get rid of
The first book in the Holy Bible, Genesis, speaks about ways one must please God. If he or she wants to show their love unto God, they must offer up a sacrificial offering. Cain was known …show more content…
However, the difference between Cain and Joseph’s brothers is that, Joseph’s brothers chose not to go about killing him. Instead, Joseph went out looking for his brothers and he “came to his brothers, they stripped him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water” (The Holy Bible 30). They chose to get rid of Joseph completely, “come let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not lay our hands on him, for he is our own flesh. And his brothers agreed. When some Midianite traders passed by, they drew Joseph up, lifting him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver” (The Holy Bible 30). The brothers covered up their act by faking his death of telling their father he was attacked by a wild animal. Joseph’s brothers hated the idea of having to ever worship their brother, and how he was favored more to their father, so they chose to get rid of him.
A key point related between the brothers, Cain and Abel and Joseph and his brothers, was the jealousy of worship. Cain and Joseph’s brother share the common idea of being jealous of worship. They both hated the idea of their brother’s worship, and refused to allow it stand in their way. Cain chose to commit sin of murdering his brother, Abel, and Joseph’s brother chose, instead of killing, to get rid of