Question

Which two parts of this passage contain a biblical allusion?
So lived the clansmen in cheer and revel
a winsome life, till one began
to fashion evils, that field of hell.
Grendel this monster grim was called,

march-riever mighty, in moorland living,
in fen and fastness; fief of the giants
the hapless wight a while had kept
since the Creator his exile doomed.
On kin of Cain was the killing avenged
by sovran God for slaughtered Abel.
Ill fared his feud, and far was he driven,
for the slaughter’s sake,
from sight of men. Of Cain awoke all that woful breed,
Etins and elves and evil-spirits,

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Answer 1

Answer:

I believe it's "On kin of Cain was the killing avenged

by sovran God for slaughtered Abel" and "Of Cain awoke all that woful breed", but it could also be those quotes combined and "since the Creator his exile doomed".

Explanation:

The first allusion is to Cain and Abel, the brothers born to Adam and Eve in the Bible. This question could be referring to the two places where Cain and Able are referenced in the poem, or it could also be referring to the place where it mentions the "Creator", which is a common name for God in the bible (especially in Genesis, where the story of Cain and Abel occurs).