Part 7: Cain and Abel

God accepted Abel’s gift of “the firstborn of his flocks”. God does not accept a gift based on whether it is meat or a plant, but on what is in a person’s heart, his intention and his will.

In this case, Abel gave from the heart while Cain brought faulty goods, and not with all his heart, this is why God told Cain “Is it not so that if you improve”, explaining that God has no interest in the gift but what is in a person’s heart and in his deeds (המלבי”ם).