Question

select the correct text in the passage.
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 woeful breed,
etins and elves and evil - spirits.

Explanation:

Biblical allusions reference stories or figures from the Bible. The Cain and Abel story (where Cain killed his brother Abel, was exiled by God, and his lineage was cursed) is a core biblical narrative. The passage references this directly in two sections.

Answer:

1. "On kin of Cain was the killing avenged by sovran God for slaughtered Abel."
2. "Of Cain awoke all that woful breed, Etins and elves and evil-spirits."