EL EXILIO DE LAS VÍCTIMAS DE LA VIOLENCIA DE HOY A LA LUZ DE LA EXPULSIÓN DE CAÍN (GN 4,1-17)

Resumen

-- This article seeks to explain the expulsion ofCain (Gen 4:1-17) as a way to overcome violence, following the analysis of André Wénin. This author affirms that Cain is a victim of violence that denies others their otherness. Eve takes possession of Cain as an object. Killing Abe!, Cain transforms himself in a victim that reproduces the violence. Adonai reacts to break this violent circle in three ways: the first is by way of a 'face to face" dialogue with Cain (Gen 4:6-7, 9-10); the second, by the establishment of a law of blood vengeance (Gen 4: 15); and the last way is by expulsion to the land of Nod. According to Wénin, Cain 's expulsion, the central theme of this article, would represent an alternative that Adonai furnishes to get out of the circle of violence precisely because it allows for conditions that
create dialogue. As a result of this dialogue with Adonai, Cain is born as his brother's keeper (Gen 4:17). This in turn allows Cain to construct relational spaces and cities for families. Ali of this illuminates how victims of exile today can transform this experience in an opportunity to re-found their lives in Adonai and to assume, as their lije 's project, an ethical and political responsibility for their most vulnerable brothers and sisters.