 | Gardiner Spring - Bible - 1855 - 408 pages
...positions on a brief narrative which we extract from the fourth chapter of the book of Genesis. " Abel was a keeper of sheep, "but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the ground an offering unto the Lord.... | |
 | George Smith - History, Ancient - 1856 - 546 pages
...attention to the fact, that even in the first family there was a regular division of labor. " Abel was 3, keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground." Gen. iv, 2. There existed also a distinct recognition of the rights of personal property. Cain brought for an offering... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1855 - 676 pages
...Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother 'Abel. And Abel was the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LOR 3 And "in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering... | |
 | John Eadie - Bible - 1857 - 860 pages
...their captivity. TENDING THE FLOCK. Gen. iv, 2. And she again bare his brother Al«cl. And Abel was t not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbllnpcblock before the b xxix, 6, 9. And he said unto them, li ho well? And they sold. He ii well: and, behold, Kichel his daughter... | |
 | Penny Schine Gold - History - 2004 - 300 pages
..."I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord." And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto... | |
 | Ilunga - 2004 - 96 pages
...25:27). Professionally, Isaac's sons are very similar to Adam's sons. As it's written, "... And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground" (Gen. 4:2b). Furthermore the similarity between these two sets of children, separated by centuries and millennia,... | |
 | Crafts & Hobbies - 2004 - 196 pages
...Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in the process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering... | |
 | Stanley Lotegeluaki - Science - 2004 - 667 pages
...Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. 2. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering... | |
 | James Hastings - Reference - 2004 - 344 pages
...natural meaning and occasion of the feasts is to be found in the statement of Gn 4sb'<* 'And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in the process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering... | |
 | Earl Roy Miner, William Moeck, Steven Edward Jablonski - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 520 pages
...A sweatie Reaper from his Tillage . . . with the Firstlings of his Flock. Genesis 4.2-4, "Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto... | |
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And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering : but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. 
