related to eschatology in some fashion? The phrase can, however, refer to a specific time such as a year.6 After the year of planting the harvesting of the grains would supply Cain with something to bring. The word “some” seems innocuous enough, until the reader compares it with the description of Abel’s offering. When read in light of the entire Pentateuch, the implication seems clear that Cain did not obey the most basic principle of sacrifice, give the first and the best. Cain did not give the