Eventually, Abel became a shepherd and Cain took up farming. As he tended his herds, Abel no doubt had much time to ponder the peculiar prophecy uttered before his parents were expelled from Eden: “I shall put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed.
इस भविष्यवाणी के अनुसार आदम ने ज़रूर अपनी पत्नी पर प्रभुता जताई होगी, शायद वह उसके साथ एक साथी और सहायक की तरह व्यवहार नहीं करता था ।