Read the following gnome again. Then reflect on (or read again) the Biblical account of Cain and Abel in Genesis. Tell whether you agree with the opinion of the gnome author that the resentment Cain had for Abel was a long-lasting hatred. Explain why you think the author is correct or not.

Hostility has been among mankind

even since the earth swallowed the blood of Abel,

That was not the hatred of a day

from which wicked drops of blood sprang far and wide,

great evil to men, to many people pernicious hate.

Cain slew his own brother whom death carried off;

far and wide was it known then

that lasting hate injured men, so citizens.