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Genesis 4:8 "And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 9) And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper? 10) And he (God) said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground."
An excerpt Taken from, 'Death of the Hired Man'
Poem by Robert Frost
"As if she played unheard some tenderness
That wrought on him beside her in the night.
‘Warren,’ she said, ‘he has come home to die:
You needn’t be afraid he’ll leave you this time.’
‘Home,’ he mocked gently.
‘Yes, what else but home?
It all depends on what you mean by home.
Of course he’s nothing to us, any more
Than was the hound that came a stranger to us
Out of the woods, worn out upon the trail.’
‘Home is the place where, when you have to go there,
They have to take you in.’
‘I should have called it
Something you somehow haven’t to deserve.’
Warren leaned out and took a step or two, Picked up a little stick, and brought it back And broke it in his hand and tossed it by. ‘Silas has better claim on us you think Than on his brother? Thirteen little miles As the road winds would bring him to his door. Silas has walked that far no doubt today. Why didn’t he go there? His brother’s rich, A somebody—director in the bank.’"
I'm hopeful that the link above if clicked on will take you to the whole poem. It is a sad poem, but...It is about an old man back in the days of farming when farmers had 'hired men'.
It's a good poem to highlight the term of 'brother'. It also highlights the essence of the word 'home', and who is my neighbor.
“Who’s not here?” might be the most important unasked question.
Mark 12:31 "The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these."
