ABSTRACT
Reading these passages one might wonder, was God really unaware of what transpired between Cain and Abel? Was He then convinced of the crime only by the presence of Abel’s blood? This seems unlikely, given the nature of the Judeo-Christian God. Rather, it would appear that God was reminding Cain that no matter what Cain’s denial, the physical evidence of the deed spoke in as strong, if not a more convincing, voice. In these few short paragraphs, we find the historical basis and very likely the first usage of bloodstain pattern analysis in a judicial setting.
